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Many Twitter users have reported threats of genocide and the use of weapons of mass destruction by one Twitterati in particular, but Twitter does not think these violate the terms of usage at Twitter. Tweet, at Mashable.
The President of the United States possibly made another threat of nuclear war on Twitter, but the company doesn't seem to think the post breaks any of its rules. Donald Trump boasted on Twitter about how his nuclear button was bigger than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's, and people are calling (again) for the president to be banned from the platform.
Folks on Twitter are asking the platform whether this violates its policy against violent threats. So far the response from Twitter has been in the form of an automated response in which Twitter says Trump's message represents "no violation of the Twitter Rules against abusive behavior."
Mashable checked, just in case:
Twitter confirmed to Mashable that "this Tweet did not violate our terms of service," referencing the Twitter Rules against violent threats and glorification of violence.
"You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people," the rules state.
So it seems that if you are going to threaten serious "physical harm, death or disease" on Twitter, be sure to include everyone by using nukes, instead of just one individual or group.
(Score: 5, Informative) by LoRdTAW on Sunday January 07 2018, @06:37PM (8 children)
Your big mistake is labeling Trump am alpha male. He isn't. He's the spoiled, big mouthed son of a business man. He's that guy at the bar who constantly talks shit and acts like a dick because who's gonna fuck with me until he gets his clock cleaned by a real man. Putin otoh is actually alpha.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 08 2018, @12:34AM (6 children)
Yeah, see, that tells me you don't have a clue what an alpha male actually is.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:18AM (1 child)
I'll have to put in a second vote for Putin. He just has more sex appeal. Age has treated Putin a lot better than Trump. (Though when they were younger, Putin was kind of a goober, and Trump was not quite pretty boy.)
One of these leaders also seems like he would know how to treat a lady, while the other is… eech… better wear chainmail undies if it's necessary to be in the same building as him.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 08 2018, @02:39AM
None of the above is relevant in any way to alpha status.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by LoRdTAW on Monday January 08 2018, @02:43AM (3 children)
So how would you compare a pudgy ex coke head party boy business man to a black belt ex high ranking KGB agent who is also an avid outdoorsman (basically the Russian James Bond)?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 08 2018, @02:55AM (2 children)
More or less like that. It's plenty easy to do without redefining words.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 08 2018, @02:49PM (1 child)
Well the whole alpha concept is pretty flawed from what I hear, modern research found a lot more info on canine social structures. Please enlighten us as to what variation you are referring to.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 08 2018, @08:02PM
Let's just go with their defining aspect for simplicity's sake: alphas are dominant. And before some whiny bitch of a beta who doesn't own a dictionary or a vocabulary starts crying, dominant is not the same as domineering.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:45AM
You see guys fighting in a bar, those are DUMB guys. They drank too much and they let themselves get carried away, over something that doesn't matter. Probably over something that doesn't matter at all. I'll tell you, you'll never see me in that situation. My brother told me to never touch alcohol, and I never have. I saw what it did to him, it destroyed him. And I'm not dumb.
You like President Putin, OK. A lot of people like him. He's very powerful, Russia is a very powerful country. And he's not just the president, he's more than that. He's becoming a dictator. Do you follow @MedvedevRussiaE [twitter.com], do you know who Dmitry Medvedev is? He's the prime minister of Russia. A few years ago, he was the president of Russia, while Vladimir Putin was the prime minister. You probably didn't know that. Hardly anybody knows, and nobody cares about Dmitry. Because everyone knows Vladimir is in charge. And he totally, totally dominates Dmitry. If anyone knows about Dmitry, they feel sorry for him. Or they just laugh at him. Vladimir Putin is becoming a dictator. And Medvedev is just a prop. In some places, the president is a very powerful office. Or the prime minister is a very powerful office. In Russia they're very powerful when Putin is in them. And they're nothing when Medvedev is in them.
Mike Huckabee, have you ever heard of him? He was the governor of Arkansas for a long time. The same job where President Bill Clinton made a name for himself. Mike wanted to be president too, but he failed twice. He even won the Iowa primary, the first time. But when I ran against him, he lost very badly. And now I have his daughter, she's my press secretary. She'll say anything to make me look good. And she'll do anything I tell her to. She's plain looking, but totally, totally submissive. It's a pretty picture, to see her on her knees. I totally, totally dominate that woman. And nobody thinks, or cares, about her father any more. If anyone remembers him, they feel sorry for the guy. Or they laugh at him.
Vladimir Putin has one of the biggest & most powerful nuclear arsenals. Maybe the biggest & most powerful. Or maybe the second. Because my Nuclear Button is also VERY BIG & VERY POWERFUL. It can do the job, believe me. There's no problem there. Going against Russia or anybody. Maybe Vladimir's is a little bigger, it doesn't matter. And nobody else's comes close. And I'm upgrading my arsenal, it's going to be a MASSIVE upgrade. A lot of people worry about Little Rocket Man. I feel sorry for him. And I laugh at him. His rockets are getting bigger all the time, but he still has trouble getting them up. Did you see, he blasted his own city, he made a mess in Tokchon with his rocket. Not even a big mess, it left a little spot. His rockets just aren't big enough. And his bombs don't make much of a bang. He says he has a hydrogen bomb, he says he tested a hydrogen bomb. I don't think so. Many people who know about nuclear don't think so. If it was a hydrogen bomb, it was the smallest hydrogen bomb ever.
A lot of people admire Vladimir because he's amazingly rich. Some people think he's the richest person this world has ever seen. Richer than crooked Jeff Bezos. When you're the president of Russia, you can make a lot of money. Unless you're Dmitry Medvedev. Ha ha! And when you're the president of the United States of America you can make a lot of money too. But you're not. I am.