MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 21:34:52 GMT
WHO BEHAVES LIKE THIS?!?? US Politicians, apparently. To which Hillary responds... and then Trump comes back...
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scrappinspidey2
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Post by scrappinspidey2 on Jun 9, 2016 21:37:45 GMT
*sigh* its sad that these two represent our politics. I really hope the american public looks at the alternative options and votes for neither of these two, but unfortunately I fear they won't. November terrifies me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 21:46:01 GMT
She's making it harder and harder to consider her as an alternative to vote for against Trump.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 9, 2016 21:49:13 GMT
Ummm. And Trump is perfect good in what he tweets? Got it. ?
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Post by lumo on Jun 9, 2016 21:51:40 GMT
I don't know, I'm kind of amused that she said that. I get your point though, op.
He's such a dick.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 21:53:37 GMT
Ummm. And Trump is perfect good in what he tweets? Got it. ? If this was directed at me, of course he's not. It would be nice if she could put herself out there as a better alternative, and not stoop to his level. She of all people needs to ignore his ridiculousness and present herself as a serious candidate, instead of running out into the schoolyard to join in the shenanigans. I'm surprised that isn't obvious. ?
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 21:54:12 GMT
Ummm. And Trump is perfect good in what he tweets? Got it. ? The obvious answer is no. The point was, it's hard enough for some of us to even consider Hillary, but given the option... And here she is, engaging him directly, on twitter no less! Not very presidential. Feels like she's stooping to his level thus, "making it harder and harder to consider her as an alternative to vote for against Trump" because then what do you have? Trump vs She-Trump. *sigh*
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Post by gar on Jun 9, 2016 21:54:31 GMT
Wow.....
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Post by lumo on Jun 9, 2016 21:59:38 GMT
Ummm. And Trump is perfect good in what he tweets? Got it. ? The obvious answer is no. The point was, it's hard enough for some of us to even consider Hillary, but given the option... And here she is, engaging him directly, on twitter no less! Not very presidential. Feels like she's stooping to his level thus, "making it harder and harder to consider her as an alternative to vote for against Trump" because then what do you have? Trump vs She-Trump. *sigh* Well, fwiw, I don't believe she actually posted it herself...she typically signs her own posts with an "H".
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 22:03:19 GMT
The obvious answer is no. The point was, it's hard enough for some of us to even consider Hillary, but given the option... And here she is, engaging him directly, on twitter no less! Not very presidential. Feels like she's stooping to his level thus, "making it harder and harder to consider her as an alternative to vote for against Trump" because then what do you have? Trump vs She-Trump. *sigh* Well, fwiw, I don't believe she actually posted it herself...she typically signs her own posts with an "H". So...now we're supposed to blame her staff and not her? Sorry, not buying. She's gone to great lengths to promote twitter as her social media "voice". We hold Trump accountable for everything posted on his social media, she will be too - it's not even a matter of should, she just will be. This is stooping. I expected more from her.
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Post by craftykitten on Jun 9, 2016 22:04:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 22:09:15 GMT
Trump is a pig and its reflected in his tweets.
I'm taking a wild guess here but I think a lot of people would love to tell Trump to get off Twitter. Especially the RNC and senior officials of the Repblican party.
For the most part tweets on Hillary's account are excerpts from her stump speeches. I guess someone at the campaign got tired of Trump flapping his gums. Can't say that I blame them. I hate it when a news agency retweets one of his tweets in my timeline. Such a douche bag.
That said social media is big with the young folks so politicans are going to use it to communicate just like businesses who's pesky ads pop up in your timeline do.
If you want to get a kick from someone's tweets you should follow Elizabeth Warren. She is a hoot when she gets on a roll and her favorite target these days is surprise. Trump.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 9, 2016 22:12:57 GMT
It doesn't bother me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 22:18:47 GMT
Yeah, a mostly teenager thing. Among normal people? whatever Throwing shade with an expression that's the equivalent of "kill yourself" or "go home" as a Presidential candidate, especially with the accompanying whine of "he started it/he does it too" is just so ridiculous that I can't even come up with an adequate descriptor. If it's not ok when Trump does it, it's not ok when someone else does it.
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Post by jennyap on Jun 9, 2016 22:19:40 GMT
TBH I think y'all have been in an alternate reality for quite some time now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2016 22:21:29 GMT
And with this kind of behavior, Hillary has demonstrated that she's more than willing to make a pig out of herself, rolling right in the shit and muck along with Trump. Lovely.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 22:26:40 GMT
TBH I think y'all have been in an alternate reality for quite some time now.
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Post by flute4peace on Jun 9, 2016 22:31:37 GMT
Ummm. And Trump is perfect good in what he tweets? Got it. ? The obvious answer is no. The point was, it's hard enough for some of us to even consider Hillary, but given the option... And here she is, engaging him directly, on twitter no less! Not very presidential. Feels like she's stooping to his level thus, "making it harder and harder to consider her as an alternative to vote for against Trump" because then what do you have? Trump vs She-Trump. *sigh* I agree with this.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 9, 2016 22:32:42 GMT
It really is a Twitter thing, for those of you tearing at your hair. Vox explains::
"Delete your account" is a pretty standard joke tweet, especially in political and media Twitter (which both the people writing "Hillary Clinton's" tweets and the people reading them in the middle of a Thursday afternoon are likely to be familiar with). But this is a well-executed iteration of it.
You don't tweet "delete your account" in response to an outrageous or offensive tweet, because it's not a serious demand. So many of the things that Trump tweets (or retweets) wouldn't be appropriate targets. Rather, "delete your account" is used when someone has tried to be funny on Twitter — for example, by attempting to land a sick burn — and failed.
That's a pretty good description of Trump's tweet. "Crooked Hillary" was never his best nickname, and it's not enough to carry a whole tweet. And the "nobody else does" joke, while it plays okay to his base, isn't his strongest material — Obama is a pretty popular president, and way more people hate Clinton than hate Obama.
The other reason this is funny, of course, is that it might actually be a good idea for Donald Trump to delete his Twitter account.
Unlike Clinton's professionally run, deliberately savvy, focus-tested-within-an-inch-of-its-life social media "voice" (a voice that sounds very little like the candidate herself), Trump's Twitter feed is the purest distillation of Trump: mocking, shouty, and unable to let go of a slight. And it poses all the same liabilities for his campaign.
His insistence on writing all his tweets himself (which curiously disappears whenever he's criticized for tweeting something objectionable) is a symptom of his broader problem of campaign management — he's micromanaging his communications strategy while letting everything else go to seed — and, practically speaking, it's a massive time suck.
His repeated retweeting of anyone who praises him, even when they are obviously neo-Nazis, has certainly reinforced the idea that Donald Trump simply doesn't have good judgment of people — and that he's willing to indulge extremism among his followers because he's too afraid of losing his support.
If he got off Twitter, his advisers wouldn't have to worry that he will literally tweet out his running-mate announcement (which is seriously, I am not kidding, something they are worried about right now). And, perhaps most importantly, spending less time typing on his phone would save embarrassing injury to those famously stubby fingers.
UPDATE: Donald Trump is constitutionally unable to let someone else have the last word, so we should have seen this coming:
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Post by nurseypants on Jun 9, 2016 22:32:46 GMT
What an incredibly meaningless tempest in a teapot this is.
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 9, 2016 22:35:01 GMT
I don't know, I'm kind of amused that she said that. I get your point though, op. He's such a dick. That about sums it up for me.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 22:40:06 GMT
It really is a Twitter thing, for those of you tearing at your hair. Vox explains:: "Delete your account" is a pretty standard joke tweet, especially in political and media Twitter (which both the people writing "Hillary Clinton's" tweets and the people reading them in the middle of a Thursday afternoon are likely to be familiar with). But this is a well-executed iteration of it. You don't tweet "delete your account" in response to an outrageous or offensive tweet, because it's not a serious demand. So many of the things that Trump tweets (or retweets) wouldn't be appropriate targets. Rather, "delete your account" is used when someone has tried to be funny on Twitter — for example, by attempting to land a sick burn — and failed. That's a pretty good description of Trump's tweet. "Crooked Hillary" was never his best nickname, and it's not enough to carry a whole tweet. And the "nobody else does" joke, while it plays okay to his base, isn't his strongest material — Obama is a pretty popular president, and way more people hate Clinton than hate Obama. The other reason this is funny, of course, is that it might actually be a good idea for Donald Trump to delete his Twitter account. Unlike Clinton's professionally run, deliberately savvy, focus-tested-within-an-inch-of-its-life social media "voice" (a voice that sounds very little like the candidate herself), Trump's Twitter feed is the purest distillation of Trump: mocking, shouty, and unable to let go of a slight. And it poses all the same liabilities for his campaign. His insistence on writing all his tweets himself (which curiously disappears whenever he's criticized for tweeting something objectionable) is a symptom of his broader problem of campaign management — he's micromanaging his communications strategy while letting everything else go to seed — and, practically speaking, it's a massive time suck. His repeated retweeting of anyone who praises him, even when they are obviously neo-Nazis, has certainly reinforced the idea that Donald Trump simply doesn't have good judgment of people — and that he's willing to indulge extremism among his followers because he's too afraid of losing his support. If he got off Twitter, his advisers wouldn't have to worry that he will literally tweet out his running-mate announcement (which is seriously, I am not kidding, something they are worried about right now). And, perhaps most importantly, spending less time typing on his phone would save embarrassing injury to those famously stubby fingers. UPDATE: Donald Trump is constitutionally unable to let someone else have the last word, so we should have seen this coming: Ya...thanks for the uh, education. I have two teenage daughters, I already knew what it meant. My point is - not very presidential. Trump is an ass, we already knew this. Didn't think I'd see Hill take his bait.
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Post by Dalai Mama on Jun 9, 2016 22:44:27 GMT
Sorry to say it but you guys are so thoroughly screwed.
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MizIndependent
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 22:50:01 GMT
Sorry to say it but you guys are so thoroughly screwed.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 9, 2016 22:55:18 GMT
It really is a Twitter thing, for those of you tearing at your hair. Vox explains:: "Delete your account" is a pretty standard joke tweet, especially in political and media Twitter (which both the people writing "Hillary Clinton's" tweets and the people reading them in the middle of a Thursday afternoon are likely to be familiar with). But this is a well-executed iteration of it. You don't tweet "delete your account" in response to an outrageous or offensive tweet, because it's not a serious demand. So many of the things that Trump tweets (or retweets) wouldn't be appropriate targets. Rather, "delete your account" is used when someone has tried to be funny on Twitter — for example, by attempting to land a sick burn — and failed. That's a pretty good description of Trump's tweet. "Crooked Hillary" was never his best nickname, and it's not enough to carry a whole tweet. And the "nobody else does" joke, while it plays okay to his base, isn't his strongest material — Obama is a pretty popular president, and way more people hate Clinton than hate Obama. The other reason this is funny, of course, is that it might actually be a good idea for Donald Trump to delete his Twitter account. Unlike Clinton's professionally run, deliberately savvy, focus-tested-within-an-inch-of-its-life social media "voice" (a voice that sounds very little like the candidate herself), Trump's Twitter feed is the purest distillation of Trump: mocking, shouty, and unable to let go of a slight. And it poses all the same liabilities for his campaign. His insistence on writing all his tweets himself (which curiously disappears whenever he's criticized for tweeting something objectionable) is a symptom of his broader problem of campaign management — he's micromanaging his communications strategy while letting everything else go to seed — and, practically speaking, it's a massive time suck. His repeated retweeting of anyone who praises him, even when they are obviously neo-Nazis, has certainly reinforced the idea that Donald Trump simply doesn't have good judgment of people — and that he's willing to indulge extremism among his followers because he's too afraid of losing his support. If he got off Twitter, his advisers wouldn't have to worry that he will literally tweet out his running-mate announcement (which is seriously, I am not kidding, something they are worried about right now). And, perhaps most importantly, spending less time typing on his phone would save embarrassing injury to those famously stubby fingers. UPDATE: Donald Trump is constitutionally unable to let someone else have the last word, so we should have seen this coming: Ya...thanks for the uh, education. I have two teenage daughters, I already knew what it meant. My point is - not very presidential. Trump is an ass, we already knew this. Didn't think I'd see Hill take his bait. YOU might know it, but other posters might not. <shrug>. I don't see what's so bad about it, but each to her own.
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Post by ilikepink on Jun 9, 2016 23:01:04 GMT
There was a time when the dignity of the office was protected. Potus did not partake in common fads and pop culture. If I remember correctly Nixon appeared on Laugh In in the 70s and it was greatly criticized. And wasn't there outrage when Obama wanted to keep his cell phone 8 years ago?
Trump has never shown dignity for the office and now she's lowering herself to that level
Everyone on their staff should be ashamed
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Post by Clair on Jun 9, 2016 23:01:42 GMT
I don't think she took his bait. Obviously, one of her staffers who is younger and more familiar with Twitter advised her what to tweet. I read it as ......I saw what you tweeted - not going to that level
I think current memes in social media are often lost on those of us who are older or don't participate (myself included)
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Post by happymomma on Jun 9, 2016 23:01:52 GMT
Ya...thanks for the uh, education. I have two teenage daughters, I already knew what it meant. My point is - not very presidential. Trump is an ass, we already knew this. Didn't think I'd see Hill take his bait. YOU might know it, but other posters might not. <shrug>. I don't see what's so bad about it, but each to her own. I didn't know it, because I don't use Twitter. My first thought was, "Oh boy, bad choice of a comeback, using the word delete." So yes, thanks for the education to the poster that provided it. I'm not up on all of the 'this is a thing', like "Netflix and chill." etc.
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Post by MizIndependent on Jun 9, 2016 23:03:12 GMT
I don't think she took his bait. Obviously, one of her staffers who is younger and more familiar with Twitter advised her what to tweet. I read it as ......I saw what you tweeted - not going to that level I think current memes in social media are often lost on those of us who are older or don't participate (myself included) Let me just quote myself from above, it'll save me typing: "So...now we're supposed to blame her staff and not her? Sorry, not buying. She's gone to great lengths to promote twitter as her social media "voice". We hold Trump accountable for everything posted on his social media, she will be too - it's not even a matter of should, she just will be. This is stooping. I expected more from her."
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 9, 2016 23:10:19 GMT
Well, fwiw, I don't believe she actually posted it herself...she typically signs her own posts with an "H". So...now we're supposed to blame her staff and not her? Sorry, not buying. She's gone to great lengths to promote twitter as her social media "voice". We hold Trump accountable for everything posted on his social media, she will be too - it's not even a matter of should, she just will be. This is stooping. I expected more from her. I think that's kinda the point--we don't see threads started about tweets from the Donald. I do agree that Twitter wars are stupid.
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