The 1stA doesnt cover twitter...

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  1. DivineComedy

    DivineComedy Well-Known Member

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    It applies to royalty (politicians), not commoners, muggles, or mundanes.
     
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    An idiotic statement. The 1st Amendment applies to (ie restricts) the actions of the government and government officials.
     
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    all politicians and governments
     
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    Twitter is not the government, it is a forum with rules and personal settings, but because of official noble title of "politician" the rules are different. You should not have greater rights to block him simply because you are a muggle or mundane.
     
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    Twitter isn’t the government. That’s why they aren’t a party in the suit.

    Donald Trump is the President of the United States, which is a government official, and therefore is banned from violating the 1st Amendment regardless of the medium he uses.
     
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    bravo!!!!!!!
     
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    He was not violating the first amendment, those who now have greater rights on the forum to block him are benefiting from rights he has been denied. You have the first amendment rights to block, an action that is speech, I hold my hands to my ears, but you just ripped them off because I am "politician" and you are muggle or mundane; the rights are unequal, I have lost the right to speak by blocking you from my personal space. Twitter and Facebook, if they allow anyone to block, are personal spaces.
     
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    If he is going to use Twitter as part of official communications are part of his government office then he cannot violate the 1st amendment by silencing critics and blocking them from hearing what he says.

    Twitter stopped being a personal space for Donald Trump when he bacame president and started using it for public communication.
     
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    No, he's not.

    All of his tweets are available at the Library of Congress.
     
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    Will twitter software have to change, because someone is "politician" instead of muggle or mundane? I have never twited on the twit thing, done know the buttons.
     
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    Here’s what will happen:

    Trump will have to go to his “blocked list”, unblock everyone on it, and then he choose instead to mute them if he wants.
     
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    I never signed up for twit place or face place, so I don't get how he blocks the public. I go to link it lets me see some, then it being a private space throws crap in my face asking me to join twit place. Please explain how it works.
     
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    Thanks.
     
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    How quickly are those archived and accessible?
     
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    You go to someone’s profile. There’s a button marked “Block user”, you click it. All the users you’ve blocked appear as a list under your user settings.
     
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    If not signed in you see the twits? If sighed in, and blocked, you can't see twits? Or does blocking just mean you can't scribble on his graffiti and must do it on your own space?
     
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    Irrelevant.

    There is no requirement for instant gratification of your request.
     
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    I block you: I don’t see your posts, you can’t see my posts, you can’t reply to my posts.

    I mute you: I can’t see your posts, you can see my posts, you can reply on my posts (though I won’t see the replies).

    The court has ruled Trump can mute people, he just can’t block them.
     
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    Another question to ask, if running for office can I block the current occupant of office from my twit place and he cannot block me?
     
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    No it's not a violation of the First Amendment you have the right to free speech you do not have the right to audience of any kind.
     
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    So it’s cool for the President to without public statements from part of the public so long as they are recorded at some point later and accessible inconveniently?

    The court says you are ****ing wrong.
     
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    So posts can't be seen by people not sighed in? Cookie thingy? Is there public and private twits, like I would see different stuff if I became a twit?
     
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    The key point is replying. When government officials use twitter as a public communication device, a reply would be functionally the same thing as a protest against or for that communication.
     
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    this is nothing more than a leftist judge...once again...trying to make policy through rendering erroneous decisions.
    Trump is crushing with twitter so they are trying to shut him down. This is a bullshit call and we should be removing these judges who are making blatant political judgements. Its the right to free speech not the right to force people to listen to you. The only constitutional violation here is the piece of crap judge. Trump has every right to ignore people on his twitter. They are free to block him are they not?
     
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    Fascist move by left wing judges
     
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