Time for Twitter to ban Trump

[EarlG]

I know they said they weren’t going to ban the accounts of world leaders but at this point it would be irresponsible to let him continue.

#TwitterBanTrump

[Newest Reality]

1. Does

his "popularity" there have anything to do with Twitter's bottom line?

Would they take any financial hit for doing that?

[Wounded Bear]

7. Given that half his followers are bots, I shouldn't think so...

[cbdo2007]

34. Yes he has made them an every day household word and thousands of people are signing up

to hear all the wonderful or horrible things he says (depending on their viewpoint).

Twitter is absolutely enabling this destructive behavior and until some body steps up to punish them or him for threats they will all be culpable when something happens. (yet still won't be held responsible)

[coti]

2. Yeah, doesn't seem like someone calling for a civil war should be using Twitter's facility nt

[Ilsa]

3. Find a way for him to think his tweets are still

getting out there, but build a cyber wall. The most beautiful cyber wall in the world. No one has ever built anything as wonderful as this cyberwall.

[leftstreet]

9. And tell him Mexico will pay for it!

[sheshe2]

10. Mexico will pay for it.

[Ms. Toad]

4. From your mouth

to the ears of the Twitter Gods.

We can hope . . .

[MadDAsHell]

5. I don't mind the idea that politicians don't have to go through an MSM filter.

The media shouldn't get to decide what's heard and what's not heard.

With that said, I abhor the messenger and the message. I'd prefer we win with a better messenger and message though, not through shutting down his platform.

[patphil]

32. And yet the media does that all the time.

Twitter is quite different from the traditional main stream media.
They have a policy that they often enforce to keep the rhetoric within certain boundaries. A lot of people get shut down every day, why should Trump be any different?
Allowing Trump to consistently violate those boundaries is reckless, and could result in violent action being taken by his followers. Some might argue it already has.
This could make Twitter criminally liable for allowing a call to violent action.

Twitter has a moral responsibility to take action here.

Patrick Phillips

[ffr]

6. Absolutely! He's inciting violence on a national level

I predict people will die, if not tomorrow over the coming months. His Trumpism faithful believe this is a holy war and they are his patriots.

[Initech]

8. He's openly calling for civil war and accusing Hillary of using government funds to pay for yoga.

Seriously, like a spoiled toddler, he needs his toy taken away from him for a while.

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. His threats show that he's completely out of control.

Not only is he acting like a cornered rat, that rat has hydrophobia.

[Newest Reality]

12. You know...

I tend to agree with that sentiment.

Though, I think it is better we get him spilling his thoughts in real time, like them or not. Of course, there is much more behind the scenes, but this is like the tip of his orange iceberg.

If he was banned, he would just blather on to the press or anyone listening and that would be reported on and we would still hear it.

So, yes, he should be banned for the content, as I think regular users would be. On the other hand, he is really putting his foot in his mouth and that's going to add fuel to his demise. He needs as much rope as he can get right now.

[RockRaven]

13. If you think Twitter would be irresponsible in not banning him...

I'm sorry to be the one to tell you that Twitter. Will. Be. Irresponsible.

[Jarqui]

14. I doubt it will do much good but I reported the tweet

to Twitter

[spooky3]

15. The same rules should apply to him that are applied to others. Nt

[nolabear]

16. I find myself wishing Twitter would undergo a sudden, long term crash.

We would all be so much better off. And I know something would replace it but it would take a bit and the respite would be fabulous.

[PSPS]

17. Twitter's billionaire owners are just more parasite-class trash.

To them, this keeps their 'brand' in the press and they can try to monetize the 'controversy.' To paraphrase Les Moonves, ""It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for Twitter."

[Liberty Belle]

18. Yes, threatening the whistleblower's life would get anybody else arrested.

He is openly inciting murder of a witness.

I also think it's time for the FBI or the Washington DC police to arrest him and put that Justice Dept. memo claiming a president can't be arrested to the test.

Surely it must be argued that if the president were to murder someone in cold blood, or threaten a witness with murder, that is a crime that requires immediate intervention; impeachment is too slow. He needs to be behind bars for the safety of the witness and anyone else who may be afraid to come forward.

Threatening civil war also puts the American public at risk.

[calimary]

28. Yep. That exactly what he's doing.

A good and dedicated parent would do that with a repeatedly disobedient child. They can’t play nicely with their toys? You take their toys away.

[uponit7771]

37. IKR !?!?!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. tRump would call in cameras & have spectacular 25th Amend meltdown. . . . nt

[world wide wally]

20. Trump NOT a "leader"

Just a fucking whacko instigator.

[usaf-vet]

21. Long LONG past due. Take that weapon of intimidation out of his reach. If anyone of us tweeted what

he does we would have long ago been band.

Different rules for the rich and powerful?

[greytdemocrat]

22. Disagree

That would be a foolish mistake.

[dalton99a]

23. He is a clear danger. Turn off his damn megaphone.

[DallasNE]

24. Making Terroristic Threats

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Is a felony. It is not a partisan issue but one of public safety. If Twitter wants blood on their hands that is their business but what kind of public image is that. Ban Trump for making terroristic threats. It should be a no brainer.

Remember the El Paso shooter used the exact same language as Trump before going on a killing rampage - language taken directly from Trump Tweets. (Clarifying my "blood on their hands" comment above).

[KY_EnviroGuy]

25. The fundamental issue is that social media is no place to conduct government communications.

tRump loves to break rules, traditions, and standards of behavior like an undisciplined child and does not care.

I would like to see Congress pass a law that prohibits use of social media for any official statement. All statements should be via paper issue or government web sites where public media can pick them up, or via press conferences or sit-down interviews (with requirements for balance).

Twitter, like Facebook, is a place designed for citizens to exchange their daily bullshit and not for public servants to conduct campaigns or issue statements that can have an impact on the entire planet.

Perhaps if enough Twitter subscribers complain regularly about his inflammatory rhetoric and/or threaten to cancel their accounts, something would change...

[Cha]

26. Yes! trump is breaking their rules.. he's

giving them "no choice".. like Nancy and beginning Impeachment Inquiries.

[KPN]

27. This guy skates on the thin ice of "almost but not quite impeachable for that" because of

a legal but inane provable intent standard. There are some things where common sense is the better gauge. This tweet is one of them. He will do it via twitter or otherwise. He just needs to go -- now.

[livetohike]

29. His tweets incriminate him and there is so much material

now from years of this. He should have been banned years ago.

[hlthe2b]

30. So, is there a concerted effort to demand Twitter to do so?

[BooScout]

31. I reported his civil war post hours ago...

I'm not holding my breath that Twitter will do anything.

[benld74]

33. I was placed into Twitter jail this morning for replying to his civil war mention

ALOT of users I saw this morning had the contact of Twitter security in their forward of his message.
HE is still on the platform

They have ALSO been contacted about his BOT followers.
Remove his BOTS and his followers drop by almost 30K

Twitter did NOT like my certain finger salute back to him,,,,,

Their jail lasts for 12 hours

UNLESS you remove your tweet.

I can last 12 hours,,,,,

[Nitram]

35. Twitter should ban Trump from Twitter? Nobody would ban a president who made their

medium their communication device of choice.

[Generic Other]

36. A fellow DUer got an 11 hour ban on Twitter

for calling for Trump's execution for treason.

#Free Iemitsu!

[dflprincess]

38. No

His tweets are public record and they're going to help "hang" him.