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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Pretty soon our social media options will be corporate overlords Zuckerberg/Musk or the racist hubs of Trumpists.

    I’m going flip phone after this iphone dies.
     
    Hermes, Apr 5, 2022
    #30661
  2. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Trump claimed at various times that he received an MBA from Wharton, was Valedictorian of his college class, was the top baseball prospect in NY state and that he met his first wife when she was competing as an Olympic skier. Not to mention that his current wife lied on her website that she is a college graduate.

    Truth is optional for the GOP
     
    Webster, Apr 5, 2022
    #30662
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Apr 5, 2022
    #30663
  4. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    I think this is a weird move that will not help Twitter, but it's not a free speech issue. Twitter is a private company. If we can agree that people like Trump can be kicked off and that MTG can lose her personal account for their behavior, then we have to accept that Twitter can accept whatever speech it feels like accepting.
     
    Mngwa, Apr 5, 2022
    #30664
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  5. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Musk just bought 9% of Twitter and became its largest shareholder. It's not like they had much choice in the matter.
     
    Neutral Corner, Apr 5, 2022
    #30665
  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    The Boring Company
     
    Azrael, Apr 5, 2022
    #30666
  7. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    And fluent in 5 languages.
     
    lakefront, Apr 5, 2022
    #30667
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    this fucking guy

     
    Azrael, Apr 5, 2022
    #30668
  9. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

     
    Neutral Corner, Apr 5, 2022
    #30669
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    garrow, Apr 5, 2022
    #30670
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  11. Starman

    Starman Well-Known Member

    Starman, Apr 5, 2022
    #30671
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  12. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Twitter is a public company, it's not private.

    Giving him a board seat will benefit them. Their management had no say in him buying a chunk of the company, so they have a pain in the ass on their hands. But by accepting a board seat, it put limitations on his ability to up his stake, which would allow him to try to take it over, and it made it put disclosure requirements on him if he wants to unload stock. The guy is unpredictable, and he has a history of not following the rules anyhow and getting away with it. But the board seat is an attempt to put some limitations on his ability to screw with them and their share price.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 5, 2022
    #30672
    wicked, Songbird, 2muchcoffeeman and 1 other person like this.
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