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usaf-vet

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5. In my opinion they should not allow any elected official to use social media. It can easily....
Sun May 2, 2021, 09:47 AM
May 2021

..... become subversive and harmful to our Democracy. Remember "support and DEFEND against all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC.

Social media has proven itself to be a dangerous tool in the hands of people who intend to do harm. Like, as an organizing tool to plan and implement a treasonous insurrection.

Now that we are getting a handle on the Covid pandemic and people are finally returning to the movie theaters.... try this experiment stand at the back of the audience and YELL FIRE! See what happens.

Or try this, try threatening to do bodily harm to federal elected officials. Start a stopwatch to see how long before a law enforcement team is standing at your front door wanting to have a "conversation" with you.

Not all speech is "free and protected".

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Good to know as I and likely many others never heard of his praise for a fellow dictator! machoneman May 2021 #1
Yeah, exactly-- and yet Repubs still seem determined to lash themselves to him LymphocyteLover May 2021 #3
That albatross around their neck is starting to stink, tanyev May 2021 #11
You nailed it. BComplex May 2021 #12
Haha, yes. They've convinced themselves that smll is the finest perfume... LymphocyteLover May 2021 #15
Trump suffers from Attention Deficit Syndrome... ProudMNDemocrat May 2021 #6
Mar A Dildo! lagomorph777 May 2021 #20
Thank god. And hopefully we will hear even less from him when he's finally in prison. LymphocyteLover May 2021 #2
The worst thing to do to a Narcissist, gab13by13 May 2021 #4
I think you meant "could not care less" (NT) HuskyOffset May 2021 #19
In my opinion they should not allow any elected official to use social media. It can easily.... usaf-vet May 2021 #5
I have to believe he'd be out doing rallies if he could. He probably can't afford to. If he did, brewens May 2021 #7
This is a big mystery to me Johnny2X2X May 2021 #22
The reason Twitter is such a powerful medium is because journalism ToxMarz May 2021 #8
Exactly. Well stated, trenchantly. n/t. NNadir May 2021 #9
The first 4 words of your last sentence got my hopes up. BobTheSubgenius May 2021 #10
It's a gift from the twitter gods! Cha May 2021 #13
Reduced to doing his stand up act at Mar-a-Lago. sarcasmo May 2021 #14
Sorry but, who said what and... JoeOtterbein May 2021 #16
Let his toxic filth back up inside him until he fucking croaks Blue Owl May 2021 #17
I know people who live near me, who have begun reemerging from their Trump-zombie state. C Moon May 2021 #18
Good, good, good. But the former guy suffocated himself by getting himself banned. Hortensis May 2021 #21
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