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Slashdot Asks: Is Trump's Blocking of Some Twitter Users Unconstitutional? (usatoday.com)
An anonymous reader shares an article: Some Twitter users say President Trump should not be able to block them on the social network. The president makes unprecedented use of Twitter, having posted more than 24,000 times on his @realDonaldTrump account to 31.7 million followers. His tweets about domestic and foreign policy -- and media coverage of him and his administration -- has transformed Twitter into a public forum with free speech protections. That's the opinion of two Twitter users, who have the backing of the Knight First Amendment Institute. They are sending a letter today to the White House asking Trump to unblock them on his @realDonaldTrump Twitter account. Both users say they were blocked recently after tweeting messages critical of the President. Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan), whose Twitter account identifies her as a March for Truth organizer, said she was blocked on May 23 after posting a GIF of Pope Francis looking and frowning at Trump captioned "this is pretty much how the whole world sees you." In the letter to Trump and the White House, the Knight First Amendment Institute's attorneys argue that Trump's Twitter account "operates as a 'designated public forum' for First Amendment purposes, and accordingly the viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional." In some other news, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said today "@realDonaldTrump's tweets are official White House statements."
Most people who I've seen get blocked by The Fat Trumper are really proud of the fact. I would be.
If Trump wants to have a one-way channel to the public, then he should do weekly radio addresses like presidents who wear big boy pants.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Ignoring abusive A-holes is actually quite good form, and elevates the discussion. It has been far too long since we had a leader with the balls to call out the fascist alt-left liberals for being abusive, violent, factually incorrect, etc. whether it is the media making up false news, or individual liberals who are losing their shit as Trump does what he campaigned to do (and what those who elected him want him to do). As Barak Hussain Obama, our first Arab president http://www.cf-cia.org/obama_li... once remarked, "Elections have consequences."
If you disagree, please post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like