Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now

Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by oceanplexian on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:26AM (#27051112)

Presidents have always acted unpresidential but the difference is that Twitter and TV didn't exist then. Lincoln was notorious for using profanity, more than a few (Including Jackson) killed someone in a duel. While some presidents have been more controversial, and outspoken than others, the idea that there is a "well mannered" presidential archetype is a myth.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by rrose on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @12:01PM (#27051647)

profanity isn't a real conduct issue, though, unless the president is using it in speeches or in diplomacy in such a way that it makes the country look bad.

and I doubt many people who dislike trump would accept jackson as an archetype of acceptable presidential behavior.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by mc32 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @01:39PM (#27053056)

I tend to agree but there are exceptions such as the Philippine foreign minister, Teddy Locsin, who told the Chinese Navy to "get the fuck out" of their waters via Twitter.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by anotha1 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:29AM (#27051172)

None of your examples are on a public stage for a mass audience.

It's different.

What you say to the crowd has distinctly different impact than what you say "in the locker room" to an acquaintance.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by dylan604 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:50AM (#27051459)

But if you then brag about your locker room conversation to a journalist while on the record, that then become in the public stage.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by rrose on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @12:03PM (#27051662)

also, the issue with the access hollywood tapes wasn't that it was "locker room talk" that got public, it was that what he said was morally pretty disgusting. people were mad about what he said, not the manner or forum in which he said it

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by alexilliamson on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @12:43PM (#27052251)

He was bragging about sexually assaulting women. That is a very bad and very mean thing, and has nothing to do with the "democrat" protests.

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Re:Facebook's Trump ban upheld by Oversight Board, for now by newfriend on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @02:40PM (#27053928)

Except he wasn't bragging about that. He was bragging that groupies exist and that they would "let him do it" because he's a star, in a crass manner.

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