Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by deathhand on Friday October 16, 2020 @06:13AM
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Believe or not we need to trust the integrity of our elected officials. That's the only way government works.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by godelski on Friday October 16, 2020 @11:04AM
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I'm not sure why you think I disagree with you. What I said is focus on the bigger lies because all the little ones pull away from a continued conversation.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by gootdude on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:25AM
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Really hard to discuss the integrity of our elected officials given the current President's penchant to lie like a marketer.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by whimsicalism on Friday October 16, 2020 @12:55PM
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It is important to discuss, because at the margin having more integrity will get more turnout and help boot out the current President.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by MR4D on Saturday October 17, 2020 @07:20AM
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The Constitution of the United States was explicitly designed to create a government where people do not have to trust their elected officials, and still have a functioning government.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig...
by sumedh on Saturday October 17, 2020 @09:41AM
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> Is it a big fucking deal to detract from actual issues? No.
I think its a big deal when candidate keeps on cheating or lying. It establishes a pattern of dishonest behaviour which the other candidate can easily make a soundbite by calling her crooked.
Honestly I'm confused why people are so hot and bothered about the questions asked. Are any of you seriously surprised by the questions asked? Of course the candidates prepared to answer these questions. If they weren't prepared their prep team should be fired for being woefully incompetent. Seriously, all the questions are about the most popular topics. I honestly would have been shocked if Flint wasn't brought up considering it being part of the national conversation.
Should she have gotten them? No. Is it cheating? Yes. Is it a big fucking deal to detract from actual issues? No. It is just another example of minor cheating that they are doing constantly. But this is like cheating on a test where the teacher pulls questions from the homework and changes a few numbers and you already memorized how to do all the homework problems.