The Twitter Fascination

[Jolly]

Y'all do realize it ain't real life, do you not?

[Doctor Phibes]

Maybe it's not us you need to be telling.

Just sayin'.....

[Jolly]

@doctor-phibes said in The Twitter Fascination:

Maybe it's not us you need to be telling.

Just sayin'.....

Care to explain?

[Doctor Phibes]

People who use Twitter (I'm not one of them), frequently re-Tweet other people's inane ramblings as though it's the most profound thing they've heard since the Sermon from the Mount.

It seems to me that it's primarily the people who actually use Twitter who need reminding that it's all bullshit.

[89th]

@jolly I’m guessing he means the millions of people who believe trumps lies about the election

Edit: never mind I see he clarified above

[Doctor Phibes]

@89th said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly I’m guessing he means the millions of people who believe trumps lies about the election

There's that, too.

[Jolly]

@89th said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly I’m guessing he means the millions of people who believe trumps lies about the election

Edit: never mind I see he clarified above

And I don't think they're lies. I also don't see what that subject has to do with this one.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

@89th said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly I’m guessing he means the millions of people who believe trumps lies about the election

Edit: never mind I see he clarified above

And I don't think they're lies. I also don't see what that subject has to do with this one.

Maybe you're the one who needs to realise that Twitter isn't real life? None of Trump's claims made on Twitter have been adequately backed up in his legal challenges, based on the fact that no court has accepted them. There's undoubtedly a reason for this. The courts are where real life happens.

[Jolly]

@doctor-phibes said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

@89th said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly I’m guessing he means the millions of people who believe trumps lies about the election

Edit: never mind I see he clarified above

And I don't think they're lies. I also don't see what that subject has to do with this one.

Maybe you're the one who needs to realise that Twitter isn't real life? None of Trump's claims made on Twitter have been backed up in his legal challenges. There's undoubtedly a reason for this. The courts are where real life happens.

No, the courts have certain standards for election proof. Cruz said pretty bluntly, that those standards are extremely high and courts are very loathe to provide relief in election cases. I, along with millions of Americans, believe there was election fraud. Possibly, enough in some of the big cities, to swing one or more states.

I also find it interesting that you - a person who holds most things political in high cynicism - suddenly has a solid and rock-like faith in election integrity, and no shenanigans.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

I also find it interesting that you - a person who holds most things political in high cynicism - suddenly has a solid and rock-like faith in election integrity, and no shenanigans.

I'm sure there's plenty of fraud going on in minor ways in lots of places. I struggle with the claim that it's all on one side. I see no reason to believe that the followers of one particular individual would be by nature any more honest than the followers of another. I also see absolutely no reason to believe what Donald Trump says. He has a long history of saying things that aren't true going back decades.

I'm also a supporter of voter ID, as it happens, as long as it is implemented in a way not likely to disenfranchise groups of the electorate.

This isn't about people not feeling comfortable with the electoral process. It's about Donald Trump's inability to cope with losing. Sure, he hasn't been treated fairly by the media, and the Russia investigation should have been halted after a few short weeks. He's still a deeply flawed individual who has allowed his own personal shortcomings to undermine the country he has sworn to serve.

All in my opinion, obviously.

[Doctor Phibes]

Incidentally, the above is a fairly charitable interpretation of Trump's behaviour. The other alternative is that it's all about branding, and this is a cynical move to cement his position in the public consciousness as somebody who 'never loses', and gives him an opportunity to fleece the gullible. I actually think this is a better explanation of what he's done.

Or maybe he just wants to cling to power.

[George K]

I follow twitter, but I don't engage. I think I've tweeted something twice to a retired surgeon whom I follow.

The good thing is that, despite the fact that it can turn into a sewer, it's become the de-facto place for breaking news. I have about 50 pages I look at, and half of them are news, and half are random stupid/funny shit.

[89th]

@doctor-phibes said in The Twitter Fascination:

This isn't about people not feeling comfortable with the electoral process. It's about Donald Trump's inability to cope with losing. Sure, he hasn't been treated fairly by the media, and the Russia investigation should have been halted after a few short weeks. He's still a deeply flawed individual who has allowed his own personal shortcomings to undermine the country he has sworn to serve.

Really well said.

There was minor fraud on both sides. That is clear. That also happens every single election.

[Jolly]

I don't think it's a power grab. I think Trump honestly believes he was cheated. I think he wanted to use every legal and political means to correct the perceived fraud. His rally in Washington was the last in a series of efforts to try to apply maximum political pressure and try to effect the certification process.

He made a mistake. Too many nuts in the crowd and he lit the fuse on them.

And let's be fair...Compare and contrast these people and the Antifa protesters that have been rioting across the country for months. What are the goals of the protesters? What private property has been damaged? What public property has been damaged? Who has been injured or killed?

In the case of both classes if protesters, what are the fundamental origins of their existence?

[Jolly]

@george-k said in The Twitter Fascination:

I follow twitter, but I don't engage. I think I've tweeted something twice to a retired surgeon whom I follow.

The good thing is that, despite the fact that it can turn into a sewer, it's become the de-facto place for breaking news. I have about 50 pages I look at, and half of them are news, and half are random stupid/funny shit.

The "news" is a churn, and most of it is opinion, with no more real significance than our daily banter. Most if it is simply not worth the worry or angst it generates. I'm as guilty as anybody and the wife has to give me an occasional nudge to bring me back to non-Washington bubble reality.

Whether I agree with the truncated thoughts espoused in a Tweet or not, does the platform actually perform a function that makes the country better? Twitter was definitely a double-edged sword for Trump...His best conduit to the American people and his worst enemy...

[89th]

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

I don't think it's a power grab. I think Trump honestly believes he was cheated. I think he wanted to use every legal and political means to correct the perceived fraud. His rally in Washington was the last in a series of efforts to try to apply maximum political pressure and try to effect the certification process.

He made a mistake. Too many nuts in the crowd and he lit the fuse on them.

And let's be fair...Compare and contrast these people and the Antifa protesters that have been rioting across the country for months. What are the goals of the protesters? What private property has been damaged? What public property has been damaged? Who has been injured or killed?

In the case of both classes if protesters, what are the fundamental origins of their existence?

How Trump thinks he was cheated is mind boggling. Gore lost the election (via Florida) by 500 votes and the recount was stopped. That was wayyyyy closer (like 1,000,000x) to a stolen election than anything Trump has made up. He lost by millions and millions of votes, a landslide of states.

To be clear, I agree with you about antifa, they are much much much worse and more violent group. I was surprised and glad not to have seen much in graffiti or distraction at the Capitol overall, and honestly, half the people in the chambers looked surprised to even be there.

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

He made a mistake. Too many nuts in the crowd and he lit the fuse on them.

As they say in motor racing, the most important nut is the one behind the wheel.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th said in The Twitter Fascination:

@jolly said in The Twitter Fascination:

I don't think it's a power grab. I think Trump honestly believes he was cheated. I think he wanted to use every legal and political means to correct the perceived fraud. His rally in Washington was the last in a series of efforts to try to apply maximum political pressure and try to effect the certification process.

He made a mistake. Too many nuts in the crowd and he lit the fuse on them.

And let's be fair...Compare and contrast these people and the Antifa protesters that have been rioting across the country for months. What are the goals of the protesters? What private property has been damaged? What public property has been damaged? Who has been injured or killed?

In the case of both classes if protesters, what are the fundamental origins of their existence?

How Trump thinks he was cheated is mind boggling. Gore lost the election (via Florida) by 500 votes and the recount was stopped. That was wayyyyy closer (like 1,000,000x) to a stolen election than anything Trump has made up. He lost by millions and millions of votes, a landslide of states.

To be clear, I agree with you about antifa, they are much much much worse and more violent group. I was surprised and glad not to have seen much in graffiti or distraction at the Capitol overall, and honestly, half the people in the chambers looked surprised to even be there.

I agree with you and @Doctor-Phibes

If this was really about election integrity, why was President Trump not investigating Florida? Ohio? Texas? Etc. Maybe President elect Biden won those states?????

Is there some fraud? Yes! Does it occur on both sides? Yes!

Is there some sort of giant conspiracy the involves hundreds (thousands?) of people, everyone from unpaid volunteers to Republican state officials to US Supreme Court judges to who knows who else? Bawaaaah!!!!!

BOTH sides are not 100% clean in an election, but nowhere near the amount some people say.

Great example is the recent President Trump call with Georgia officials

Trump: there is defiantly something wrong with the voting machines. they’re obviously corrupt and in favor of Biden.

Georgia official: we rechecked the machines, and they came out good. As a further back up, we manually HAND counted the results, and they matched up perfectly with the original count on the machines.

Trump: No, you are wrong. I know I am right.

What is the melt point of steel again at 1409 C and atmospheric pressure? 555

[Copper]

@doctor-phibes said in The Twitter Fascination:

Maybe you're the one who needs to realise that Twitter isn't real life?

I think it probably is for a lot of people.

We are lucky to have this place.

You can be a fool here without the family and friends watching.

I watch guys I know who are hooked on facebook.

It is pathetic.

They spend their lives arguing with anonymous 12-year-olds.

It's always the same stupid posts either for or against Mr. Trump.

[bachophile]

@george-k said in The Twitter Fascination:

I follow twitter, but I don't engage. I think I've tweeted something twice to a retired surgeon whom I follow.

The good thing is that, despite the fact that it can turn into a sewer, it's become the de-facto place for breaking news. I have about 50 pages I look at, and half of them are news, and half are random stupid/funny shit.

Me too. I dont tweet. And no followers obviously. But I find it so fast on the draw, that if I wanted to know something long before it’s on regular outlets, I check Twitter.

Having said that I think half of my followees are legit sources of information and the other half are the ones at real fringes, just to see what people are capable of believing

Some of the ones I follow are: a true flat earth believer. A couple of Neo Nazis. Some trumpists that are so far out there, they make Larry and jolly seem like left wing progressives, and other odd sorts. Lots of anti Vaxxers and COVID deniers.

People are interesting. Strange and interesting.