US Election 2020 Thread

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

1 hour ago, Red Shift said:

Seriously - WTF is a window licking jamook? I’m from a different culture.

 

In all seriousness, is and old school term for 'retard', make of it what you will.

 

Differences aside, it's just extremely shocking for some people to see the mental gymnastics required to defend someone storming and breaching a federal building and expecting no consequences. If that was BLM/antifa, I'd genuinely be saying the sam thing, which can be summarised as: "what the fuck were you expecting?"

 

People believing Thier own indoctrination so strongly that they believe they are so righteous they're immortal. Madness.

[Harry's Lad]

9 minutes ago, Code said:

Whats my taste in music?

Your taste vs my taste

 

You have your taste, I have mine and looking at the music tournaments, never the twain shall meet.

I'll leave it there.

[Code]

Not seen anyone posted about this, but this was always going to happen.

 

https://www.ft.com/content/ca01d153-c1f7-4cb2-bb61-e71a2e278571

 

 

[Red Phoenix]

3 minutes ago, Code said:

Not seen anyone posted about this, but this was always going to happen.

 

https://www.ft.com/content/ca01d153-c1f7-4cb2-bb61-e71a2e278571

 

 

[TheBitch]

1 hour ago, Red Shift said:

Its not a ‘game’. I’m studying the video for the first time. You don’t know me, and for your information I’m visually impaired. Seriously. Now you can crack one of your jokes, and type ‘you’re not kidding’ but I’m being serious. I’m blind in one eye , no 3D vision, and only partial sight in my good eye - I’m studying this video for the 1st time. I’m attempting to make sense of what happened there and then.

 

But you keep going with your jibes. Ive lost respect for you.

Your first mistake was respecting any degenerate on here, Howie included. 

[TheHowieLama]

13 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

 

You do know this is a parody right pal?

[TheHowieLama]

2 minutes ago, TheBitch said:

Your first mistake was respecting any degenerate on here, Howie included. 

Rich 

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Trump Jr has been booted too. 

 

EDIT: Fake account. Twat. 

[Red Shift]

28 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Proper -- I had a late 70's Aria for years - great guitars for the money.

 

Also - don't listen to @Gnasher - if you have bad eyesight you need a shotgun just make sure you get close.

Now this is proper protest.

 

 

[s(k)aturation]

1 hour ago, Red Shift said:

I’m not in the habit of looking for sympathy, but I’m getting accused of a lot things that I am not. I’m trying, like everybody else, to make sense of the events of what has and continues to unfold.

 

You'll find all the explanations you need on here, RS.

 

 

[cloggypop]

23 minutes ago, Code said:

Whats my taste in music?

Your taste vs my taste

 

 

You should do t-shirts of this. Amazing. 

[TheHowieLama]

21 minutes ago, SilverSong said:

Imagine all the people living life in peace.

Yooooouuuu ooooooooh

[s(k)aturation]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

Bullshit, this is one of the most accepting forums politically you could be on.

 

The non-accepting ones would be an interesting read then.

[s(k)aturation]

1 hour ago, Red Shift said:

Ah! What I’d give to be 20 again. It was 1978. I hopped on a plane in Wellington, NZ and flew to Sydney, Australia, with $50 bucks in my back pocket and an acoustic guitar - Hummingbird copy - that $50 had to keep me alive for a week, until I got my busking licence.

 

Oh, so you took our dole too!!! 

 

Only mucking about, RS.  

1978 was the best year of my life to date.  

I was 12, last year of primary school.  

Thought the world was my oyster.

Was wrong of course.

 

 

[Red Phoenix]

15 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

You do know this is a parody right pal?

 

Yep, I had a laugh at it on twitter so posted it here too.

[s(k)aturation]

1 hour ago, TheHowieLama said:

How is your hearing?

 

What?  Say again?

[Red Phoenix]

From Greenwald : Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath

[s(k)aturation]

54 minutes ago, Chocoholic said:

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html

 

Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump

By Twitter Inc.

Friday, 8 January 2021 

   

 

After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. 

In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open. 

However, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement. 

The below is a comprehensive analysis of our policy enforcement approach in this case.

Overview

On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump tweeted:

“The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”

Shortly thereafter, the President tweeted:

“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

Due to the ongoing tensions in the United States, and an uptick in the global conversation in regards to the people who violently stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, these two Tweets must be read in the context of broader events in the country and the ways in which the President’s statements can be mobilized by different audiences, including to incite violence, as well as in the context of the pattern of behavior from this account in recent weeks. After assessing the language in these Tweets against our Glorification of Violence policy, we have determined that these Tweets are in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy and the user @realDonaldTrump should be immediately permanently suspended from the service.

Assessment

We assessed the two Tweets referenced above under our Glorification of Violence policy, which aims to prevent the glorification of violence that could inspire others to replicate violent acts and determined that they were highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

This determination is based on a number of factors, including:

• President Trump’s statement that he will not be attending the Inauguration is being received by a number of his supporters as further confirmation that the election was not legitimate and is seen as him disavowing his previous claim made via two Tweets (1, 2) by his Deputy Chief of Staff, Dan Scavino, that there would be an “orderly transition” on January 20th.
• The second Tweet may also serve as encouragement to those potentially considering violent acts that the Inauguration would be a “safe” target, as he will not be attending. 
• The use of the words “American Patriots” to describe some of his supporters is also being interpreted as support for those committing violent acts at the US Capitol.
• The mention of his supporters having a “GIANT VOICE long into the future” and that “They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” is being interpreted as further indication that President Trump does not plan to facilitate an “orderly transition” and instead that he plans to continue to support, empower, and shield those who believe he won the election. 
• Plans for future armed protests have already begun proliferating on and off-Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the US Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021. 

As such, our determination is that the two Tweets above are likely to inspire others to replicate the violent acts that took place on January 6, 2021, and that there are multiple indicators that they are being received and understood as encouragement to do so.

 

 

 

Hahahaha! Trump's Twitter account permanently suspended!

 

He'll be aploplectic!

 

His closest lapdogs, Flynn and Powell suspended, too.

 

Twitter.

I'm so proud of them.

What an organisation.

 

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

[AngryOfTuebrook]

[s(k)aturation]

18 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

 

Welcome John.

We're just having a cup of covfefe.

And shooting the breeze... well, in fact, we're tasering it.

 

 

 

[Lee909]

Personally think it was a attempt to copy what Pablo Escobar did in the halls of justice. Force their way into the halls and burn/destroy the votes. 

 

Wouldnt have made any difference mind

[s(k)aturation]

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

Parler kicked off Google Play. 

 

The timing of all this seems convenient. No doubt people will be looking at social media's role in what happened at the Capitol. The social media/tech industry trying to get off on a better footing with the incoming Biden administration? 

[s(k)aturation]

1 minute ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Parler kicked off Google Play. 

 

The timing of all this seems convenient. No doubt people will be looking at social media's role in what happened at the Capitol. The social media/tech industry trying to get off on a better footing with the incoming Biden administration? 

 

Twitter switching Trump off to deny their complicity as the coup's communications arm?