Twitter Censored a tweet from trump

[Gothmog]

It is about time

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. About goddamn fucking time.

[Dave in VA]

2. About goddamn muthafucking fucking time!

[ornotna]

3. Not deleted

You just have to click through to read it. It's a start though.

Edit to add. Apparently they can't reply to it or retweet it either, that's good.

[empedocles]

7. Yes

[lagomorph777]

15. Not censored at all. Trump's account should be deleted for massive repeated TOS violations.

But of course, Twit is Putin's Platform and they kiss Turd's ass.

[bearsfootball516]

4. They didn't delete it, you just have to click "View" to see it.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

5. Media needs to grow from this and...

The assault on the CNN crew and start calling him out and holding him responsible for his words.
Fact check him
Correct him.

[betsuni]

6. What was it?

I clicked "view" but didn't work.

[brer cat]

8. It didn't work for me either.

I was curious to see what FINALLY got them to delete his vile spew.

[hlthe2b]

10. That's because it was a screen shot of the tweet, not embedded. It has been posted here multiple x

Normally, I would post a direct link, but in this case, it is too damned ugly to do so.

[Ms. Toad]

18. Here's the content

....These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!

I assume it was the final thought about responding to looting with shooting that tipped him over.

I am sure that would not have happened, had it not already taken the steps to label two others as lies, since he's posted much worse in the past. Maybe it will be a more frequent occurrence now.

[RainCaster]

21. Rachel talked about that nasty tweet on her show last night

What an a-hole he is.

[Ms. Toad]

27. Yup.

Just glad that Twitter is finally taking a tiny step toward enforcing its rules.

[hlthe2b]

9. Accuracy matters. This tweet was NOT deleted--just a twitter warning comment added. Pls. correct

[Gothmog]

11. Twitter added warning

Link to tweet

[uponit7771]

12. NO!! Twitter needs to ban him like they do other people. Screw that, this is a small start but small

... compared to others who've been insta banned for doing bullshit like this.

[abqtommy]

13. Too little too late. I don't have any use for twitter. At all... They've had tRUMP's back now for

years and they own each other.

[USALiberal]

14. How do they "have his back"? Nt

[lagomorph777]

19. How is that even a question? Trump constantly violates Twit's Terms of Service.

Any normal user would have been blocked years ago.

[USALiberal]

23. Twitter has all sort of nuts, still posting daily. Nt

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[lagomorph777]

16. Twit and Falsebook are Putin's Platforms

I will never go near that filth.

[Wounded Bear]

17. No shit...

I follow a couple of non-political accounts on twitter, and not on my phone. What little I do on twitter are on my home computer. I don't post, ever, and almost never "like" a tweet or respond to them. No need to carry it around with me.

[lagomorph777]

20. I would never go near Twit or Falsebook. Filthy dangerous privacy-violating RW platforms.

[Pepsidog]

22. Why censor him now as he gets more unhinged.Twitter will ultimately be his doom.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. This will push Trump closer to the edge. The longer

his feud with Twitter, the more obvious and undeniable his fuck-uppery becomes. He thinks it is, but this is not good for him.

[Eyeball_Kid]

26. Wow! Twitter slaps the wrist. Heavens! The world stops spinning!

Now THAT'S what I call BALLS! Jack Dorsey unloads on his main moneymaker. He sees the horror of Trumpy-boy's immature and violence-inducing, TOS-violating tweets and boy, does he let Trumpy-boy have it, WITH BOTH BARRELS!

What an impressive display of morality, common sense, and righteous indignation! That's Dorsey for you. He let Trumpy-boy know who's BOSS. And it's... eh... wait a minute... so far, we have the Great and Honorable Jack Dorsey waving a little finger (a pinky) at Trumpy-boy for his tyrannical, dictator-like threats, personal attacks, and condemnations. We have Trumpy-boy winking to his white supremacist, Nazi boys to go ahead and start buying more guns and ammo, and to please consider pointing their weapons at Trumpy's favorite scapegoats, and forget to use the safety locks.

But Jack Dorsey, always the stickler for enforcing his own Terms of Service, is right on it. Oh... he's still wagging his pinky at Trumpy-boy by making Trumpy's followers exercise their overworked fingers and make the EXTRA CLICK to find out how Trumpy wants to kill and injure more people. Yes sir. Dorsey is the bastion of moral turpitude...eh... no... sorry... I meant moral clarity. Yes. Moral CLARITY!

[Caliman73]

28. I would not use the right wing's framing. They did not censor it. They put warning on it.

Censorship is about suppressing speech. When something is censored it is not shown. Trump's post was not taken down, there is a warning stating that it is a violation of Twitter's terms of service.

It actually should have been taken down and Trump should have been warned that future infractions would lead to suspension or banning from the site. Because Trump is in the White House, Twitter has been exceptionally lenient with him as he violates TOS daily.

Obviously this is just my opinion but I don't think we should use censorship because it feeds into what Trump and the right wing are saying. Trump's posts were finally treated in a manner that their ridiculous content merits, however mild fact checks and TOS violation information are.