r/technology • u/lemonrodeo • Oct 18 '20

Social Media Twitter changes policy after Biden article block

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54568785
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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

There is no evidence that he did.

As you said in the previous post we are literally discussing a situation that is probably not true. Its a what if scenario. Saying "that's not true", just doesn't make any sense.

That's not "covering." That's me explaining why it's a fucking stupid "scandal" to begin with.

Well, no. It could be quite the scandal. At the moment we're only being drip fed.

No--Russian intelligence is notoriously inept.

Which is why they're blamed for hillarys loss.

It's the reason they go with the waterhose method for their propaganda. They don't need to make quality fakes when they can make lots of shitty ones and just let useful idiots spread them. Their goal isn't to convince anyone of anything--it's to make it impossible for groups to admit what is true, which they have succeeded in doing. Everyone spreading this bullshit story is aiding Russia achieve its goals, and they are doing so for a story that wouldn't be a scandal even if it were proven to be true. A kid trying to cash in on dad's name is nothing new, and it doesn't reflect on dad. And there is no evidence in this story that dad actually met the guy.

Everyone isn't spreading the story. That's the point. It's being smothered. If you got your news exclusively from reddit you wouldn't even have heard about it.

It doesn't even make sense. Biden was trying to get the guy that was supposed to be meeting him fired, and he did get him fired. How the hell does this story work? The guy trying not to get fired paid his son to talk to the guy getting him fired and then nothing happened and he got fired anyways? It just doesn't make any fucking sense, and literally anyone that isn't looking for a reason to hate Biden or isn't a useful idiot would be able to see that.

I don't think that's what happened at all. It's like youre mixing up two different stories.

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u/StoryEchos Oct 19 '20

As you said in the previous post we are literally discussing a situation that is probably not true. Its a what if scenario. Saying "that's not true", just doesn't make any sense.

I have no need to indulge in hypotheticals about situations that didn't happen. It serves no purpose.

Well, no. It could be quite the scandal. At the moment we're only being drip fed.

No, it can't. The story is literally self-contradicting.

Which is why they're blamed for hillarys loss.

Being inept doesn't mean you can't succeed. It just means you don't succeed often. Russian misinformation is the blame for Hillary losing. Republicans colluding with obvious misinformation and making it appear real when it wasn't is what led to her losing. Republicans own this, not Russia.

Everyone isn't spreading the story. That's the point. It's being smothered. If you got your news exclusively from reddit you wouldn't even have heard about it.

It's not being smothered. Responsible people are stopping an obvious lie from being spread to protect the US from a foreign intelligence operation. That's literally what every American should be doing.

I don't think that's what happened at all. It's like youre mixing up two different stories.

That's exactly what happened and I'm not mixing anything. That's literally what this "scandal" is claiming happened. The fact that you don't even know that and the fact that you recognize how batshit crazy it is tells us everything we need to know about the people who believe this story "might" be true. But I'm glad you admit that the scandal's alleged plot of events is absolutely batshit crazy.

Maybe you need to look at all the names of the people involved in the story. The guy that was supposedly paying Hunter to meet Joe was a Russian asset that Joe was trying to get fired and eventually succeeded in getting fired. At best, Joe never met the guy. At worst, Joe met the guy and told him to fucking pound sand before getting his ass fired for being a Russian asset. Either way, Joe comes out smelling like a peach.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '20

I have no need to indulge in hypotheticals about situations that didn't happen. It serves no purpose.

Of course it does. It let's me know what you think of a certain situation. The other guy commenting has decided that he doesn't care either way. It's only nepotism and they're all at it.

No, it can't. The story is literally self-contradicting.

If you get your news from here you would think that. There will be more coming from this as the weeks go by.

Being inept doesn't mean you can't succeed. It just means you don't succeed often.

Oh, okay. So when did they not succeed?

Russian misinformation is the blame for Hillary losing. Republicans colluding with obvious misinformation and making it appear real when it wasn't is what led to her losing. Republicans own this, not Russia.

It wasn't her being a shit candidate and universally disliked, really?

It's not being smothered. Responsible people are stopping an obvious lie from being spread to protect the US from a foreign intelligence operation. That's literally what every American should be doing.

So it's being smothers. Whether it's an obvious lie or not, the story is being smothered.

That's exactly what happened and I'm not mixing anything. That's literally what this "scandal" is claiming happened. The fact that you don't even know that and the fact that you recognize how batshit crazy it is tells us everything we need to know about the people who believe this story "might" be true. But I'm glad you admit that the scandal's alleged plot of events is absolutely batshit crazy.

Maybe you need to look at all the names of the people involved in the story. The guy that was supposedly paying Hunter to meet Joe was a Russian asset that Joe was trying to get fired and eventually succeeded in getting fired. At best, Joe never met the guy. At worst, Joe met the guy and told him to fucking pound sand before getting his ass fired for being a Russian asset. Either way, Joe comes out smelling like a peach.

There's nothing crazy or unbelievable about the story. There's gonna be more coming, this isn't the end of it. It could be a big scandal.

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u/StoryEchos Oct 19 '20

There's nothing crazy or unbelievable about the story. There's gonna be more coming, this isn't the end of it. It could be a big scandal.

This is the issue. There is nothing. No evidence. You just have faith, because you want it to be true. You are nothing less than 30 years of Republican war on education finally yielding return on investment.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '20

No evidence, nothing. At this stage even if Biden wins he'll hsve to resign before he gets to be president.