Never goes away.

Apparently, trump (and most of his followers) don't seem to realize that.

http://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-scorched-over-tweet-bashing-035734953.html


@realDonaldTrump
3 Chief of Staffs in less than 3 years of being President: Part of the reason why @BarackObama can't manage to pass his agenda.

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2:07 PM - Jan 10, 2012

TandT wrote:

"Digital History - never goes away"

True. But don't forget that, like a knife, what or who, this cuts depends on who is wielding it.

Stalin would have loved the internet and social media. His huge, expensive, unwieldy, secret police apparatus would have been unnecessary. Denunciations by other comrades. or friends and family members,  driven by fear, or revenge, or jealousy, or  misguided ideology, would have been superfluous. A couple of geeks with smartphones and a search engine would have done the trick.

"Off to the gulag you go" with nothing more than a quick search,  a couple of clicks, and a speedy show trial. "Welcome to Siberia comrade!"

If Trump goes down this time around, don't gloat too much. Best keep an eye on your six and pay attention to who might be holding the knife next time around.

No secrets. No immunity. Who's up and who's down never stays the same for long.

This is the world we live in now. When thought or speech can be made a crime, we are all criminals.

Edited my post to add this:

No secrets. No immunity. Who's up and who's down never stays the same for long.

This is the world we live in now. When thought or speech can be made a crime, we are all criminals.

[/quote] this is a good thing. [/quote]

Sure. By your lights, getting Trump is a good thing. But I believe you either missed, or are ignoring, the point of the rest of my post.

"When thought or speech can be made a crime, we are all criminals"

Lying when under oath is a crime. Lying on Twitter, or Facebook, or on the TT, or at the local tavern, isn't. At least not yet.

MnSpring wrote on 12/11/18 at 10:36:25:

Tell me, what did I "forget"?

T And T Garage wrote on 12/11/18 at 10:50:13:

Tell me, what did I "forget"?

The answer would be again,
what you said:

“Maybe if you weren’t so lazy, you could do the research yourself"
"Your TO Lazy, To  Look It Up Yourself'
“Don’t be so obviously lazy,”
"Maybe if you weren’t so lazy"
“OK lazy... "
“Spell it out next time - don't be so lazy."
“Are you now too lazy to look back "
“OK, be lazy."
“you seem to be as lazy as you are sad..."

Quote:


No, it would just be stupid. Anyone who knows anything about our government is aware that the POTUS doesn't have that authority, and any president who said such a thing on twitter would be. quite rightly, ridiculed.

Anyway, the point of my post(s) really didn't have anything to do with Trump specifically, I was really talking about the danger to everyone from the weaponization of speech, particularly speech on social media platforms.

So, nevermind I guess.

Everyfuc*ing thing is about Trump I suppose. Can't see the forest on account of one big tree with a bad haircut.

oldNslow wrote on 12/11/18 at 11:17:31:

Eegore wrote on 12/11/18 at 11:43:35:

OMG, an opinion w/o a disclaimer.