John Kelly has demonstrated that he holds racist sentiments. I don’t know why the media continues to portray him in a positive light and a moderating influence in the White House.
Trumps's twitter account should be shut down, he is using his private citizen account, he is POTUS, not just a regular citizen. His tweeting has national security implications and could compromise the security of our Nation. Additionally, he sets a bad example for cyber bullying, the cause Flotus is championing. Our current Commander in Chief is setting a terrible example for most, if not all of us, on the use of his Twitter account. Where is the decorum? Where is the decency? Where is the truth? He rails at our Nation's Free Press and wants Americans to believe only his tweets, but his tweets have shown us that he doesn't always tell the truth. The twitter records belong to the American people, he is not a private citizen, and what they reveal is not something we should cherish for future generations, it will be a study of an unstable leader with a trigger finger.
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Twitter is not only a waste of time, it is a negative influence on thought and political discourse. And will likely create a dumber population in the future, as kids today get conditioned by it. Don't think they're reading the NYT.
But worse, computers in the wrong hands endanger us all. Anyone can tweet fake identities and talk about an impending nuclear strike.
The British Health Service was hacked, creating chaos.
Hospitals in the US have been hacked and had to pay ransom.
We see repeated election hacking attempts in various countries.
Govts around the world must control this threat. We love what computers have brought us, but is it a deal with the devil? Yes, if unregulated by democratically elected govts. What a tool for evil.
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[[I bet Trump’s twitter going down was intentional! They hate that our President takes his message straight to the people bypassing the MSM.]]
Actually, it's his staff that are sent scrambling every time he lets his thumbs do his talking.
So, to the extent that his own tweets destabilize and hamper his administration, I wish he wouldn't stop. The more time they spend on course correction and damage control, the less time they have to dismantle our government.
Also, his attacks on the Times and the Post probably did more to boost digital subscriptions than any other event. There again, I hope his disdain for the "MSM" never fades, thus assuring the survival of the "MSM."
Have a nice day.
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A legend. My new hero! Let's take it down permanently now!
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I wouldn't mind if they shut down Twitter altogether. Given how much time a lot of people spend on this nonsense, the damage to the US economy must be huge. Most of the content consists of barely entertaining status messages, ads, rants, bullying, propaganda, fake multiplier accounts etc. Not really a gain for society, but definitely a potential threat.
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The missing 11 minutes, assuming Trump's blazing thumbs can bang out one full Tweet in that time (an average of 140 characters per minute) must have seriously deprived him (and American and Russian bots and troll farms -- hint to Twitter, Facebook and Google geniuses: the main pro-Trump digital farm is a drab building in St. Petersburg, north of the Kremlin, Moscow. I didn't need Google Maps or GPS to find it.) Simple algorithm: 11x140=only 1,540 characters lost, but what if 36,000 (est. total # of Trump Tweets to date) x 1,540? That would equal 55,440,000 characters posted by Trump so far. Even Goebbels would foam with jealousy at a Leader who can aim that many words, warnings, threats, hopes, emotions and insults, not even counting Trump's speeches, rallies, orders, Exec. Orders, debates, press nonconferences, interviews and -- soon -- a Cyrillic Good Morning in (more or less) Russian!
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It seems like a harmless prank aimed at an unpopular public figure. In fact this is a serious crime which puts everyone at risk who uses the internet and social media for work and recreation. I hope Twitter, Inc. moves to have the authorities charge this former employee appropriately to help deter this kind of behavior.
That former Twitter employee deserves a medal, maybe even a Nobel Peace Prize: 11 minutes without Trump is the equivalent of a peace treaty.
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I wonder if Mr. Trump realizes that nearly every time he tweets, he reveals his own ugly, ignorant, disorganized, near illiteral self and shames the nation and himself (even he has no shame).
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There is value in those presidential tweets. They record for history the stupefying coarseness, pettiness and meanness of a the child/man who is the 45th president of the U.S.
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Despite netiquette rules, Twitter determined Trump's tweets are "newsworthy" so his account remains unfiltered.
What does it say about Twitter that a single employee can eliminate a priority account on his or her own authority?
Please send that person to IRS so we can see Donald's taxes.
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Oh poor Donnie could not excersize his freedom of speech. But, it’s ok to shut down News agency’s for doing the same thing.
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Eleven minutes of peace. Also I'm a happier person when Trump leaves the United States. Nothing can go wrong if he's stepping up and down the ramp of Air Force I - can it?
Admit it you all, you feel just a bit better when the Trumpet is in Asia or somewhere over Indochina. Anywhere but America.
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Maybe he/she was inspired by the Desi Lydic piece on The Daily Show.
http://www.cc.com/video-clips/z51w08/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-unf...
Frankly, I believe this employee should receive BOTH the key to the city in which they live and the Congressional Medal of Honor for their efforts. If this excuse for a President would shut-up, start acting like a REAL President and cease with his constant "fake news" diatribes on twitter, there would not be another new potential security mess.
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I think it's ridiculous that this is even a story on NY Times, there are so many bigger issues happening in the world.. 11 minutes of our President's Twitter being down is definitely not a matter that the whole world need to worry about. It was a minor problem that is now fixed- let's all move on.
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Next time a rogue employee does this, can we please not be so eager to point it out? Let the reprieve last longer than 11 minutes - we deserve it.
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I kind of wish Twitter would go away as well. If just for 11 minutes. Do spaces count for characters?
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Now, if we could get a report of what a Secret Service agent did on his/her last day on the job . . .
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Many thanks to the "rogue" employee who shut down The Con Don's rantings, if only for a few moments.
There is a link below to an article from Bloomberg News this morning about former Twitter employees knowing about fake Russian accounts years before the election. It's looking more and more like twitter's main purpose is social disruption. They certainly do not serve average Americans and others around the world. I also question how many "followers" The Con Don has since their numbers obviously cannot be believed. How many of the actual "followers' are Russians and Russian bots?
Boycott twitter. They do nothing but create distrust and chaos. They are certainly not a "communications" vehicle.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/former-twitter-employ...
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And the world did not implode or explode. Amazing what we in fact can do without.
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"Rogue" employee? Do you really need to use jargon from that type of management philosophy in a headline?
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The definition of a rogue employee is "a worker who undermines the organization that employs him by failing to comply with its business rules and policies. The rogue worker might openly flout company rules, which may mean he won't remain in the position for a long time."
In this particular instance, this individual who deliberately turned off a subscriber's Twitter' account (regardless of who the subscriber is) would be considered a rogue employee. All subscribers should/must be treated equal and have equal rights. Otherwise, if the President's account is turned off this morning, mine could be turned off this afternoon - all at the whim and/or discretion of an employee. Fair is fair, right is right. It's all of the rules, all of the time or none of the rules, none of the times. Picking and choosing should not enter into this equation nor should personal opinion come into play either.
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I realize a vast majority of people feel differently and with good reason. I find a tweeting President disrespectful to the office he holds not to mention the harsh, hurtful words written are unwarranted. Every tweet seems to be a personal jab and stab at someone. Extremely cruel demeaning behavior. Frankly, I see Twitter operating under a double standard. If a regular citizen tweeted the kind of messages the President does, those accounts would have been disabled by appropriate and authorized Twitter personnel from the start. I've never been a fan of double standards.
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Give that person a promotion and a raise.
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I deleted my Twitter account about two weeks ago. Best decision - no regrets!
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KFree, I've never opened one, and I'm so glad I didn't!
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It's like quitting sugar or coffee. While you were hooked, you had no idea home much it impacted your life. Once you're off, the fog is lifted from your eyes.
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Think about how great it would be to have time off from TrumpTweets. Imagine having weekends off!
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Please, more rogue employees. Many, many more rogue employees.
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One tweeter notes that Donald Trump is going straight to the "people" and by passing the mainstream media. He calls himself "Educating Liberals". Thanks for the information. We, too, are "the people". All his tweets make the MSM anyway so it's hard not to miss them. Now we can impeach him?
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I read that tweet and thought, "definitely a Russian."
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Same here.
Remember when Trump suggested the Russians should hack the DNC's email accounts? Now people are doing to him what he suggested be done to others.
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Let him Tweet. How else can we learn the real inside workings of the "mind" of this president?
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Inside workings of the "mind"? I cannot help but wonder how normal one's brain would be after decades of eating junk food.
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We should be thanking this prankster for alerting us to the dangers of POTUS communicating to the world on an unsecured smartphone app. This harmless gag could be turned into something more pernicious any number of ways.
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11 minutes of peace. Gratitude.
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Only partisan hacks would laud this rogue Twitter employee.
Just because you loathe Trump doesn't make this action any better.
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No, because I loathe Trump is what makes this so great!
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Silencing Trump's voice in such a weigh only loudens it, makes it more shrill and sensational and chillingly effective. If you really want to silence Trump, stand up to it and confront head on his bluff and bluster and show it for the Emperors New Clothes-ism that it is.
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It is inappropriate for the President of the United States to use twitter to communicate with the public. Grow up.
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I can see the republican party spinning this as an attack on the president's free speech despite it being a harmless and amusing prank that lasted no longer than 11 minutes. I commend the rogue twitter employee enthusiastically, yet does it not solve the problem to simply unfollow President Trump? I don't believe I ever followed him in the first place. I have the power to turn his loud and unsolicited opinions off with a switch of a remote on my television or a tab of a news source online. I prefer to remain informed on current events through more stable and secure media outlets than social media accounts. That way my aimless twitter wanderings are safe from political frustration and exhaustion. If you enjoyed the Trump-Twitter-Blackout, I suggest unsubscribing from the President's feed for the current moment.
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Annaliese - "I can see the Republican Party spinning this as an attack on the President's free speech"
Yet your petty partisan blindness does not allow you to see this as an attack on ALL our free speech rights! Pitifully , but expected.
Anyone that watches or reads the news is FORCED to follow the Twitter ravings of the out-of-control would-be despot in the White House. The mass media cover everything he types as if it were an approaching, unavoidable asteroid strike. Sensationalism sells papers, and tv ad buys. Follow the money.
Huh? Somehow Twitter became a U.S. Government agency? When did that happen? I must have missed the memo.
Your "free speech" is guaranteed to be protected against infringement by THE GOVERNMENT. Not by the private sector. You -- and Trump -- have no "free speech rights" on a non-government communications platform.
"It's an attack on ALL our free speech rights!!!" Noooooooo. Twitter could shut down every single account tomorrow, or every single account of paranoid, lie-spinning, bloated, old, orange men with ridiculous hair that they vainly believe looks glorious . . . and, no, it's not a "free speech attack." Go find another platform, or build your own. The end.
Not defending the rogue Twitter employee -- I am guessing he probably violated some Twitter workplace rule -- but this is not a violation of anyone's Constitutional rights.
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I would have never thought that someone deleting Trump's Twitter account would cause such uproar, but it did! It's because Trump having a Twitter account at all and saying the things he does causes such unnecessary uproar. People are getting tired of him having such a presence on social media. As an aspiring journalist I'm all for free speech, but not when it causes unnecessary problems for people. As a previous comment said: the world IS much more complex than 140 characters.
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Have the rogue start a Go Fund Me account, I'll donate.
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This should not be the story. The story should be that Twitter continues to allow the President to keep his account even though many of the hateful and bigoted things he communicates on it are against the rules of Twitter. Anyone else would have their account closed. That is the story!
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This man or woman deserves the greatest honor that the Congress could give.
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I don't know much about Twitter, but don't they have some rules about spreading slander, saying things that could ignite WWIII, etc? Maybe not, certainly if they did they would have had to take down Trump's account for real.
PS: Trumpsters: it's not about Republicans or Democrats. It's not about liberals or conservatives. It's about the unhinged liar who uses twitter to announce to the world that our leader is mostly devoid of truth, and has less character than a snake. (sorry, snakes...)
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Let him keep tweeting. He can't plan for anything longer than the next 20 minutes if it doesn't involve money going into his pockets or those of the other swamp monsters. That's the best possible scenario for Mueller.
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May the Lord Almighty bless Rogue 2 !!!
A true American patriot !
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If I wrote the kinds of things on Twitter that our president does, Twitter would quickly deactivate my account. They won't do the same with our president because he's constant free advertising. Twitter shouldn't even exist. Every Twitter post should automatically receive the reply, "Get a life."
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The deletion of President Trump's twitter account is a breath of fresh air in the midst of his media smog.
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Eleven Trump Twitter-less minutes and...
"'Man,'" Alex Zalben wrote, "in like nine months there's gonna be a ton of Trump Twitter blackout babies.'"
Whan! Bam! Thank you, Ma'am!"
Sounds about right. Trump's concentration is awfully short.
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A true patriot at work.
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Can someone at Twitter please make this deactivation permanent?
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Free speech and all that whatnots but way to go out with a bang disgruntled Twitter employee!!!
I was going to wonder out loud why his account doesn't seem to get hacked much and that his password was probably "password1" or "trump#1" or some other 'bestest password ever...in the history of passwords'.
My luck, I'd be right and investigated by the Secret Service though.
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What makes you think his account hasn't been hacked? Then, again, never mind. Who else would write like he does?
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The irony is that his supporters were yelling about cutting off free speech- weren’t they cheering when he threatened to not renew NBC’s charter?
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Taking away his Twitter access for just a few short minutes didn't change anything, and who knows, maybe we missed out on another great 'covfefe' Tweet by blocking his access for those short 11 minutes. The fact that his Twitter account was inaccessible for 11 minutes and it's considered 'news' is extremely saddening.
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This issue should probably be viewed from a legal perspective. It would be a civil matter if Twitter - the corporation - cut off service for contractual reasons. It would be a criminal matter (i.e. one involving jail time) if an individual employee of Twitter abridged 1st Amendment (free speech) rights, under: 18 USC § 242 DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW. If two or more Twitter employees conspired to cut off service, then the conspiracy statute might apply, under: 18 USC § 241 CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS.
It is irrelevant if the subject was a private person located in the United States, or he is the President of the United States.
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I'm sure 45 will tweet that info before he lands. Thanks for the heads up. I also look for him to explain both statues so even his base could comprehend it.
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The case law (e.g. Supreme Court decisions) for the Federal civil rights statutes will probably be en-forcible only if Twitter has accepted State or Federal funding of some sort. The Courts seem to uphold this social bargain: if you accept Government money, your operations must also conform to the Constitution.
Although I do not know, my guess is that Twitter has accepted Federal funding in the past. For example, for software development, by using software with 'Government data rights' clauses, through veterans programs, small business grants and so forth. There has been a lot said about the Government's ability to enter or monitor electronic data systems without permission (in the U.S. and overseas), but they generally do it legally through contractual provisions. That is to say, if you are a data processing company, and you accept federal funding, then contractually you give them the right to 'inspect' their systems internally. The language that allows this can be quite broad in purchasing contracts, and the Government will generally interpret them in their own favor and ask questions later.
Trump might be worth $2B to Twitter.
But that "rogue" employee was priceless to the world.
I think we found Time Magazine's "Person of the Year".
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"Twitter announced that a rogue customer support worker had done it on his or her last day at the company."
This scenario should prove to be a red flag to all employers. No one really knows what is going on inside the employee's head on his/her last day on the job. Any employee leaving a job could potentially turn rogue.
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To activate or deactivate the President's Twitter account? That is the question. I wonder how long this "rogue" Twitter employee struggled with this dilemma. I'd bet the tipping point went something like this, "If I deactivate the account, what would Twitter to do, fire me? I've already submitted my resignation." Decision to deactivate was cemented.
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Twitter finally did something worthwhile, which must have been a first. Unsurprisingly, it lasted only 11 minutes. Why this platform continues to exist escapes me.
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While I applaud this employee's mischief, there could be severe consequences if Trump's account was actually hacked. Trump has used this account to make policy announcements (e.g. banning transgenders from military service) and taunts (e.g. rocket man). How would an adversary react if a hacker used Trump's account to declare war? Everything a US President says, writes, or does, is closely reviewed and acted upon by leaders throughout the world. Trump use of such an insecure communications channel is highly inappropriate and reckless, but what else is new?
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Are you serious? Still cannot figure out if you are really serious
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I read a headline elsewhere that Trump's Twitter account had been shut down and I breathed a sigh of relief. Only to read it was temporary. I have often wondered why his account has been allowed to remain active. Just another case of how rules of conduct don't apply to him, I guess. In any case, removing that nonstop drivel from daily headlines alone could go along way toward steering the national discourse toward sanity.
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If folks would delete their Twitter and Facebook accounts, then go sit under a tree and read a novel, the world would be a better place.
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His Twitter account should be shut off permanently!
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Kudos and best wishes to the person who did it...more please
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That employee deserves the Medal of Valor. Well done.
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You may not like Trump, but people should still respect his rights!
Twitter should be responsible for this disrespectful employee. Twitter hired this employee and gave him access to change others accounts. This just lets me know that my social media accounts are not safe. Something should be done to punish this employee. Imagine if your account was shut down. Would you want others cheering for this hacker?
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The article says it was either a he or she. You assume it's a man. I would like to think it was a courageous woman.
It was the employee's last day. How should they punish her or him?
It was not a "hacker" it was now, a former employee.
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Grant - while I appreciate your point of view and don't disagree with your reasoning, you did hit one nail on the head - what social media account IS safe and full proof? Heck, if on-line banking accounts, credit cards, and credit reports have been hacked, why would anyone assume anything else is completely safe and protected? Which is why I don't do on-line banking, Facebook or ANY other social media. No one ever said the "information highway" was free and clear of danger and obstacles.
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Respect Trump's rights? I will respect Trump as soon as he respects others and stops attacking and slandering people on social media. If this "hack" upsets you, Twitter can delete your account, permanently.
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Rogue Employee deserves the gratitude of the nation. Even 11 minutes without President Tweet was a welcome respite.
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He’s not a rogue. He’s a patriot and a hero!
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Lets be serious for a minute. “Why Twitter?”. I think I know. The short, staccato, arrangement of words that infuse the world of Twitter is the perfect platform for our President. No need putting together a complete, cohesive, fact-filled, argument when a few choice words will generate far more attention. And don’t think for a second that it’s not all about the attention. Twitter can be fun but it is not a proper podium to express serious thought or statements of policy. Anyone can tweet about anything. It’s easy and it’s lazy, which is fine when you don’t have much to say. But when you are in a position to affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people, your prose needs to be more Churchill like and less Moe, Larry, and Curly. Benjamin Franklin wrote “We are all born ignorant but one must work hard to remain stupid”. Who said President Trump is a slacker?
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As the famous saying reminds us, "What goes around comes around."
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When the President of the United States chooses to utilize his Bully Pulpit on an unsecured social media platform, he is vulnerable to pranksters and saboteurs.
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A rogue employee, one employee, was able to shut down twitter and the American public expects "security" from these social media communications giants!
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Which is exactly why no POTUS should use twitter as a primary communication tool. Post press releases, etc., not insane ranting.
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KellyNYC - One employee of a communications giant was able to shut it down and you reply with an unfavorable partisan rant about the President. Good job Democrat, keep it up, it shows the rest of America where your heads are.
_That's_ why the birds started singing again for a few minutes.
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For 11 minutes, the world was a safer and saner place. My hat is off to this rogue employee. He/she did what Twitter should have had the chutzpah to do - shut down a cyber bully.
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I in no way want to see Trump's Twitter account and his ability to tweet affected in any way whatsoever. I'm a big believer in giving him all the rope he needs...
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12 centuries would not be long enough!
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Can't they just shut it down permanently since it only seems to spew hatred?
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Hip Hip Horray for that "rogue" employee?!
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Imagine what would happen to Donald if (or when), his Twitter account was permanently deleted.
WWIII. He would get his own daily hour on Fox News as consolation. Melania would leave him. He would explode. He would actually lock up Hillary and Barack or have them assassinated. He would start his own 145 character platform, The Trumpeter. He would sue them. He would intentionally bankrupt the entire nation out of spite. Etc., etc....
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I see the conservative media are trying to spin this as lack of security for Trump. But it's not Twitter's fault the president is communicating via a social media platform instead of using regular, secure outlets like every other president has. I don't think Twitter should provide special security or oversight for famous people. Everyone should get the same treatment. If you're using Twitter, that's your risk, not their problem.
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The Congress should amend the Presidential Records Act of 1978 to make it illegal for Presidents to maintain personal social media accounts, including Twitter accounts, during their terms of office.
Trump's tweets from his personal account allow him to skirt the intentions of the Presidential Records Act to preserve official presidential records. This legislation is a major safegaurd ensuring the transparency of government. Presidents cannot delete tweets from their official accounts. But, Trump has deleted tweets from his 'personal' account even though he uses that account to announce policy, belittle his political foes and even conduct foreign policy.
Let all of Trump's tweets be subject to the same record keeping standards as any other records created by his administration.
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If it happened to a democrat it would have been an attack on free speak. It happens to President Trump and most of the comments in this section are just fine. Feels like we have a bigger problem than tweeting.
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It's very important to protect free speak, also freedom of assemble and freedom of pray.
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Can you image a Democrat, of any stripe, doing what Mr Trump is doing? They wouldn't dare.
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Actually Republicans are usually the ones crowing about attacks on free speech these days, usually re: Richard Spencer types and free speech on campuses.
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As George Will said, "Donald Trump can convey everything he knows on any subject in 140 characters."
And that is exactly why nothing should EVER come between D.J. Trump and his Twitter account.
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Social media companies should be held responsible for what is published on their platforms the same way traditional media companies are held responsible for what they publish. Let social media companies get sued for liable, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, etc. Online discourse would improve and the bogus stories and foreign government interference in elections would decline.
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Twitter's public comments regarding trump's threat of nuclear was.....that it was newsworthy and therefore the "threats of violence" violation and shut down did not apply....was the beginning of the end for twitter.
The president uses twitter b/c he does not want to answer questions; he wants to make proclamations ...as an authoritarian would. Twitter allows him to break the rules that get others banned....so twitter supports authoritarianism w/ a caveat: must be newsworthy, That twitter is not a news organization apparently doesn't matter b/c in twitterworld as in trumpworld one can be what they claim to be... a president, an authoritarian...a news organization.
Last night was the only joyous, albeit short, moment of this presidency.
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All Donald Trump has ever wanted is to be newsworthy. He has hijacked our news media with his constant random acts of upheaval and we are all going crazy because of it. The only one happy is Donald Trump. He HAS to be the center of attention. And the worst of it is that there are so many people and organizations that allow him to be! He is not only bankrupting us but interfering with our peace of mind and the only way to Make America Great Again is to Dump Trump!!
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The SAD! part is that shutting down the account was the only thing that could be done. It's simply impossible to tweet anything, still believably impersonating Trump, that would be more embarrassing, more inflammatory, more dangerous than Trump regularly tweets himself. Covfefe!
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I’d love to see Twitter ban Trump from the platform for violating rules of conduct due to his lies and bullying.
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So wrong. Twitter simply makes us aware of the extent of his insanity. It doesn't alter it.
If what he tweets scares you or hurts you or embarrasses you, it's because *he* is scary and hurtful and embarrassing.
Rather than having him fool people with silence and a smile, I think we're far better off knowing.
Let him look like an idiot to the world. Let him antagonize half the country. Let him indulge his need for constant attention. Let him tinker away on his phone.
All he's doing is making it harder for he and his party to actually govern. And that's what I really don't want happening.
Twitter shouldn't ban him. They should give him 280 characters.
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One can only imagine what a tragedy it would have been for our country had President Franklin Roosevelt or President Kennedy's twitter account been deactivated. The mind reels at what could have happened.
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While of course, those on the left will be cheering this, it only serves as a microcosm for the exact problem neo-progressives have in general. They want to outright silence those with whom they dislike or disagree with.
There is little interest in countering with solid arguments, better messaging or attempting to find common ground. Instead, they will spend their energy simply attacking, mocking, belittling, demonizing and sneering. Who has ever been convinced by such tactics?
Would deleting Trumps twitter account truly put you in a better position? If years of such tactics didn't prevent Trump from reaching the Whitehouse, why is everyone so seemingly bent on doubling down to prevent re-election?
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Trump and his supporters would actually have to accept facts if they really wanted to have debates. When people on the right continue to use conspiracy theories for political gain, they should be mocked as much as possible. I think when Trump talks about opening up investigations on past political opponents, that's a way of silencing people too.
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Carlee - "...those on the left will be cheering this..."
They are cheering this! They are cheering the shutting down of all opposition viewpoints because they know they are always correct and therefore everyone else is always wrong. The forcible suppression of all opposition is a cornerstone of fascism and has become increasingly prevalent, although vociferously denied, on the left.
"..attacking, mocking, belittling, demonizing and sneering". You're talking about trump's behavior, right? Open your eyes already.
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Twitter account security aside, if only this White House and its chief resident had the capacity to articulate and then transmit communications that don't undermine our personal, national and global security/well-being. Trump should learn a thing or two from a certain former Secretary of State whose intellect and balanced outlook kept us far more secure--unhacked private email server and all--than his tiny Twittering thumbs.
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The question is why Twitter allows the president to tweet demonstrable lies and bullying taunts, to say nothing of provoking a nuclear power. The account should be permanently closed.
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Not a good idea. Let trump keep his Twitter account. That way he will dig himself deeper and deeper into the hole he has gotten into.
I look forward to reading his tweets because it shows how totally unhinged he is.
BTW: If tweeting is the only way trump communicates would it be fair to call him a bird brain? Just asking.
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This employee is a National treasure - please get him on a statewide tour promoting acts of courage
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Finally, some patriotic civil disobediance bravery. The world was a better place even if only for 10 minutes.
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Gosh...Wish I could have made that error...
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Bravo, give that employee a raise! And tell the supervisor to shut down DT's tweets permanently.
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Jack Dorsey was just testing what would happen if he stopped the flow of Trump sludge to the tweet-addicted masses.
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To the hero who did it, thank you.
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The one adult in the room.
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And democracy was reborn! Well, for 11 minutes anyway!
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Too bad it couldn't be permanent.
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Even 11 minutes is a respite, however brief. But seriously...Gitmo, death penalty for this Benedict Arnold Twitter employee? Even more seriously, might the 11 minutes be akin to P Nixon's 18 minute tape-gap, the dastardly Rose Mary Woods perpetrated?
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Not all heroes wear capes.
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I don't think any heroes actually wear capes.
The best eleven minutes of his presidency.
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“@realDonaldTrump does not exist.”
What a nice thought. Too bad it wasn't real!
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Don't apologize, Twitter.
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He or she deserves the Medal of Freedom! Good on ya, anonymous hero!
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Trump is the rogue. The former employee of Twitter should be up for the Peace Prize
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Bravo. A pleasurable, little read.
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I highly recommend this person be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Finally some good news.
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Make that guy/gal the CEO of Twitter!
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I wouldn't write "rogue", better "hero"...
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Wish Twitter would go away for everyone, permanently. It's hard to imagine another digital platform that has contributed more to the dumbing down of America. The world is much more complex than 140 characters.
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I recently joined but I am not much of a follower of famous people and could care less often what they think...I prefer Facebook...where yer not just a follower...
I saw it and for a moment thought we were at war. At the same time my whole body relaxed knowing the Tweets stopped. It has come to this.
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This is the way the world begins to rebuild again. Employee needs to be made Twitter CEO.
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Or at least have November 2nd declared a national holiday.
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Good to know that it's possible to put Trump in "Time Out." How else will he learn that good presidents don't cyber-bully others?
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It's truly hard to believe that this Twitter employee was rogue.
In some quarters, he or she is probably recognized as a hero.
In the world of our AI-driven predictive analytics, it's hard to imagine
why Twitter hasn't already flagged President Trump's account. After all,
he has bullied, lied, misrepresented, and invented untruthful accounts of
the past -- all in the name of belittling his enemies and inflating his ego.
No, this was not a rogue employee. He was doing what Twitter's backend
should have already done long ago.
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Ah, there really are Americans who can do heroic acts! May others follow in his or her footsteps.
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Twitter is worth about $10 billion. Jeff Bezos or the Gates Foundation or someone: please buy it and shut it down for the sake of promoting a civil and productive discourse in our politics.
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Maybe it's time to do a world-wide crowd-funding campaign to raise the $10 billion to buy twitter and shut it down. Anyone got the chops to organize something like this?
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Whoever it was, they have had 11 minutes of fame. Which leaves 4 minutes of TV/social media time to watch them being 'disappeared' in an orange boiler suit. I'm routing for you.
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If only this were a more permanent situation.
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This made my day! For once something happy to read in the news!
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The rogue employee is a hero and a true patriot. Stick that in your tweet.
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Would that it were so!
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Kudos and thanks to that Twitter employee. I'll bet for a brief moment this caused Trump some serious anxiety!
I have a new hero.
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I hope you would have a better role model in life than a hacker! You may not like Trump, but he is your President. He won 100% of the Presidency and he represents Our country now. Think about it, I are encouraging hackers the right to hack into others accounts. It is ridiculous.
Trump encouraged Russia to hack the DNC. What goes around, comes around
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100% with only 26% of the eligible voters- Sad.
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