Malignant narcissist and pathological liar Donald "Disinfectant Donnie" Trump has been feverishly trying to distract attention from the disastrous pandemic and unemployment news resulting from his catastrophic, sociopathic ineptitude. Twitter has become a favorite vehicle for Trump to throw his chum in the water, whether it's accusing a critic of murdering a female employee 19 years ago, or going ballistic when Twitter fact checked his lies about voting by mail.
Trump is blustering about curbing his ability to spread lies and vile innuendo through Twitter to his cult followers, lying about "conservatives" being "censored" by social media. He's got a draft Executive Order meant to intimidate Twitter and others who would attempt the difficult task of fact checking his flood of lies. He wraps his rage in the "freedom of speech" canard, clearly showing his ignorance that the Constitution protects people against the Government barring free speech, not private institutions like Twitter having their own standards. He wants to threaten them by taking away their immunity from liability for content posted on their sites (though, see Bonus, below). In other words, while claiming to be championing free speech, he's trying to shut it down. But the bottom line is, he's a Twitter addict and he's afraid to quit it.
So far, Twitter has stood by their meek action to fact check just two Trump's tweets, but Trump is lawless and reckless, and desperate about his stumbling election chances. He'll bluff and bully to the extend he has to in order to get free rein to lie and slander his way to November 3. It would be poetic justice if a put-upon Twitter ultimately decided to ban him altogether.
BONUS: The ACLU weighs in with a reality check --
“Much as he might wish otherwise, Donald Trump is not the president of Twitter. This order, if issued, would be a blatant and unconstitutional threat to punish social media companies that displease the president,” the American Civil Liberties Union noted on Twitter.
“The president has no authority to rewrite a congressional statute with an executive order imposing a flawed interpretation of Section 230,” the ACLU continued, referring to the section of the Communications Decency Act that shields platforms from being held liable for what users publish on them.
Be careful what you wish for, dumbass. You could also be sued for your frequent, defamatory language if the rule changes.“Ironically, Donald Trump is a big beneficiary of Section 230,” the legal nonprofit continued. “If platforms were not immune under the law, then they would not risk the legal liability that could come with hosting Trump’s lies, defamation, and threats.” (our emphasis)
