Message from @RyeNorth

Discord ID: 449074880734822411


2018-05-24 04:59:53 UTC  

You need to post the other two, Twitter is not a traditional public forum.

2018-05-24 05:00:01 UTC  

The twitter thing is complete nonsense

2018-05-24 05:00:12 UTC  

Twitter has traditionally been censorious.

2018-05-24 05:00:15 UTC  

someone got salty af that Trump blocked them

2018-05-24 05:00:18 UTC  

thats all there is to it

2018-05-24 05:00:40 UTC  

^ ^ ^

2018-05-24 05:00:43 UTC  

Pretty much.

2018-05-24 05:00:56 UTC  

They were making money off of their promotion from countertweeting trump

2018-05-24 05:01:11 UTC  

Bess Kalb, All the way down.

2018-05-24 05:01:22 UTC  

I doubt it was so much “salt” as much as they saw it personally advantageous for their Brand

2018-05-24 05:01:39 UTC  

As an aspiring twitter journo

2018-05-24 05:01:42 UTC  

@RyeNorth i am not talking about twitter atm, but to your point that Trump is not representative of the government or wield government power at all time. I'm asking when does his actions cross the line from private citizen to government official?

2018-05-24 05:02:11 UTC  

Twitter is id; expect nonsense

2018-05-24 05:02:27 UTC  

and yes, its clear someone was salty

2018-05-24 05:02:36 UTC  

There is @POTUS and then there is Trump's personal twitter accoutn

2018-05-24 05:02:37 UTC  

I mean the line of him not being government seemed liek a personal opinion. He is always government until he leaves office.

2018-05-24 05:02:40 UTC  

When he executes government-issued power.

2018-05-24 05:02:46 UTC  

When he signs a bill into law

2018-05-24 05:02:54 UTC  

when he drafts and signs an executive order

2018-05-24 05:03:00 UTC  

it takes neither of these to block someone on twitter

2018-05-24 05:03:14 UTC  

Twitter blocking is a privilege to all

2018-05-24 05:03:18 UTC  

okay, so he can block people from entering an open public form, so long as its done with his own private resources, not the government/

2018-05-24 05:03:42 UTC  

You're basing this around the argument that his twitter is an open public forum.

2018-05-24 05:03:59 UTC  

You have yet to establish this, other than pointing at an activist ruling.

2018-05-24 05:04:50 UTC  

Twitter is not a public forum

2018-05-24 05:04:56 UTC  

twitter is a private company

2018-05-24 05:05:26 UTC  

twitter can delete Trump account, or block ppl on his behalf

2018-05-24 05:05:32 UTC  

@Ivanfr this ruling doesn't do anything to change that. it only dictates what the government can do, not twitter

2018-05-24 05:05:32 UTC  

they can do anything they want

2018-05-24 05:05:54 UTC  

Donald Trump's twitter is not the government.

2018-05-24 05:06:37 UTC  

This is your statement, and i am asking at what point does his private actions cross a line and become government actions because of their nature or intent

2018-05-24 05:06:39 UTC  

Twitter can sell the company to China

2018-05-24 05:06:40 UTC  

xD

2018-05-24 05:06:41 UTC  

Your argument HINGES on proving that Twitter is an open public forum.

2018-05-24 05:07:08 UTC  

and your counter argument hinges on trump not always being president while in office

2018-05-24 05:07:35 UTC  

so, can trump order a private security firm, with his own money, to block people from going to a public forum.

2018-05-24 05:07:44 UTC  

not necessarily twitter

2018-05-24 05:07:50 UTC  

just any open public forum

2018-05-24 05:08:11 UTC  

You just conceded that my argument DOESN'T hinge on that.

2018-05-24 05:08:23 UTC  

Besides

2018-05-24 05:09:05 UTC  

Question: Does free speech require being able to tie your speech as a response to the tweet you are tweeting about in this case?