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Comment by AgloeDreams

5 years ago

Shooting people is not even remotely a correct response to looting. It's why someone might be court marshalled, or dishonorably discharged.

The funny thing is...I remember back when we held the US President to a higher standard than say, the worst soldier in the National Guard. Just because he is making a public statement does not remove the ability of the platform to fact check or accompany it with the idea that it's wrong. News broadcasters can freely air Trump speeches and pair them with fact checks. If trump would like to not be editorialized, he should post this statement on the White Houses's site. The fact of the matter is that he uses twitter for the audience, the claps, the viral followers. Twitter is not a public place, he is using their service for their service and to reach their users. They have every right to make statements on this and enforce their rules.

> he should post this statement on the White Houses's site

All "microblog" type posts made by a president should be posted directly through the White House's own web site, and not be communications through a commercial service.