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Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by abiox on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:38PM (#17137433)
> if that was the crux of the issue, the ruling would be "stop making policy statements on twitter."

i don't think that sort of thing is within the purview of the court.

> The vast majority of US citizens don't use twitter and a sizable portion don't even have access to a twitter-capable device.

afaik there isn't a way to make statements in a manner that will reach all citizens.

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Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by Grimm665 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @03:50PM (#17137562)
> afaik there isn't a way to make statements in a manner that will reach all citizens.

I don't think Clinton and all the presidents before him had trouble making statements without the use of Twitter.

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Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by Broken_Hippo on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:54AM (#17142248)
Most of which didn't have such a tool available to them. They did tend to use whatever technology they had available (radio, newspapers, television, trains, telegrams....). And they haven't all gone smoothly either, nor did they reach all eligible voters.
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Re:Judge Rules Trump Can’t Block People on Twitter by abiox on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:48PM (#17139561)
sure, and they didn't reach everyone either.
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