Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Twitter intervenes to challenge accuracy of Trump tweets



Sundance writes in the Conservative Treehouse,
By taking this position Twitter has put themselves into the position of arbitrating the opinions of general speech. This is a remarkable shift in the control mechanism of the platform which will likely have ramifications.

However, beyond the intervention, it is worth pointing to the specific issue that has triggered their decision. Note the issue of greatest concern to the command authority of Twitter is specifically mail-in ballots; this is not accidental.

By taking this position Twitter has put themselves into the position of arbitrating the opinions of general speech. This is a remarkable shift in the control mechanism of the platform which will likely have ramifications.

...A federal bailout protects their prior overspending. Then, full control over the mail-in ballots provides them the security they need for the 2020 election. Do not expect UniParty Republicans to oppose this effort.

Just like when the DC republicans supported the attacks against the Tea Party groups (protect their own incumbency), the DC Decepticons will offer only weak verbal opposition to this effort; nothing of substance. In reality, the Democrats and Republicans both benefit from the removal of President Trump and a return to the status-quo.
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