Question Do You Think tRump Will Pull Plug On Internet??

[bdamomma]

I can't sleep Do you think he will do this? Particularly to sites like this? There is a lot of info here.

Thanks at 5 a.m. in the morning I am reading it.

[JI7]

1. how is he going to do that ?

[Mountain Mule]

2. Sleepless in Colorado as well

Hell, I don't know. I doubt if he'd shut down the entire Internet. The chaos that would ensue from a move like that would inconvenience him and his cronies as much or more than anyone else Individual sites like DU? You bet! We already got hacked on election day and obviously the new dictatorship is well aware of the benefits that hacking can reap for them. But if that should happen - well, I'm a veteran activist, cut my teeth on the Vietnam War Protests and Kent State. There was no Internet then, but we did have Walter Cronkite and TV. Plus telephones. The Traitor is not going to knock down the communication lines - again too inconvenient. They could listen in - more likely. Anyhow, after Kent State happened people were so enraged and grief stricken that we all just naturally came together. People would travel from one end of the country to the other just using their thumb. People would share food with one another, give complete strangers a place to crash on their living room floors. It was amazing. We managed to shut down almost every college and university in the United States. We the people have done it before, and we can do it again. Try to take heart with those thoughts. That's what I'm doing. That and I'm going to let my big old dog who wouldn't hurt a fly but can sure look scary to strangers come sleep on my bed tonight. Me and him - and now you, as well - against the world. Stay strong, my friend.

[murielm99]

12. I remember Kent State.

A lot of colleges and universities were shut down. People were pissed and angry. They were in shock and mourning.

I was frightened. Then, someone on my campus hung a big sign on the side of a building. It said, "You can't kill us all." I took heart from that.

Trump could slow things down and inconvenience us. But the Internet benefits businesses and is international. It would not work. I don't think that is even possible! The whole world would come to a halt. Just imagine the protests then!

We have ham radio and phones, even if someone hacks us. My son is a ham radio operator. And he is a Democrat.

We will always find a way to communicate. You and I came of age during a time when there was no social media. We relied on phone trees and word of mouth. We got shit done even though we had fewer ways to communicate. These damned kids! So spoiled! (I don't mean that, really. Most of them are great).

[Mountain Mule]

31. Those were the glory days!

I'm proud of today's young folks too. We elders should share our experiences with them from time to time since you never know when that information might come in handy. Knowledge is power! I was at the University of Denver when Kent State came down. I found out about it that evening when I cramming for a chemistry exam. My roommate and I started to hear people shouting outside our windows. We ran outside and saw that our street was filled with people chanting, "GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSES AND INTO THE STREETS!" And we grabbed our coats and joined them. Better than the Internet, actually.

[safeinOhio]

18. Executive Decree

Good luck with that you Double Chined, Triple Bellied, Orange Crested, Tweeter bird.

[beveeheart]

3. That's what I would do if I wanted

complete control.
.

[susanna]

4. I think we should be ready for anything.

I have been moving offline to meet with like minds.

Resistance will be harder without the Internet, but history teaches us that it is not impossible.

[frankieallen]

5. Of course he is, right after he takes the train to mars and claims it as the site for the next

trump Hotel and Casino.
ugh.

[susanna]

6. He is going to have to weigh

his infernal tweeting against all the other terrible people on the internet who just go about their business (though some think he's a jackass).

He'll melt down.

There may be a disruption. Plan ahead.

on edit: I missed something

[get the red out]

7. I don't see how he could

But I can't see how he couldn't want to. Now if there was a terrorist attack, Bannon might try to tie liberal web sites to it in some way and shut them down. JMO.

[eShirl]

8. No; who would read his tweets?

He needs it.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

19. That plus all the businesses would revolt.

They love their internet sales.

[gordianot]

9. His mind games are based on Twitter.

Trump is an experiment in real life, largely, unplanned and exploiting personal media. He might survive without it but without the internet Trump does not have the infrastructure to sustain his brand of Fascism. The deplorables need to be fed in order to sustain Trump delusions. Watch for battles in net neutrality this is a full blown cyber war with a foreign power Trump-Russia and is a war we opponents to Trump-Russia are losing.

[sellitman]

10. I hope he tries

It would spell the end of him.

[lindysalsagal]

15. THIS

And Roe v wade, and women's vote, and deportations and even a new war and draft. Seriously: I hope he allows only this tiny, paranoid cabal near him so he can dive deeply into his own psychosis and keep spewing back his sickness onto the world. The faster, the better.

[Bob Loblaw]

16. He's not

a very good speller.

[Cha]

11. No. We'll always have twitter to organize, too.. he's an

ego-centric power hungry monster but they can't shut down everything.. his fans would finally revolt.. then it would be the whole world against stupid.

As much as they're trying to take our Democracy away the Resistance will boomerang back in their collective smug ugly mugs.

I have to believe that. bdamomma

[malaise]

13. He can't

even if he thinks he can.

[NCTraveler]

14. No. The internet fills the bank accounts of some of his closest advisors.

And he couldn't be Twittler without it.

[PJMcK]

17. Please explain how he would do that

From a technological point of view, how would the president shut down the internet?

Thanks, in advance.

[titaniumsalute]

20. Well remember that he uses the internet for communication

Can you imagine if you took Facebook and Twitter away from 250 million US Citizens? Hell the middle school student would burn down Washington if anything.

[Mountain Mule]

32. LOL!

Nothing more scary than thousands of 13 year-olds, going cold turkey off their I-phones!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. never. he knows he was mostly promulgated by the internet.

[Johnny2X2X]

22. Not the whole internet

But remember how he shut down this website in Election Day. Really hurt our efforts to monitor the election and report problems.

[Vinca]

23. Nothing would surprise me anymore.

[milestogo]

24. He might shut down social media

which is key to people organizing protests against him.

[Calista241]

25. Even if he wanted to, this would be impossible to do from an execution standpoint.

Our society is built upon the internet. Your ability to buy anything, and a vendor's ability to sell something for cash or credit would disappear.

Countless businesses use VoIP for all calls. Stores couldn't process transactions.

So, I mean, if he found a switch that could cut it off, which doesn't exist, he could end our society i suppose, but I fail to see how that helps him.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

26. Yes

Obama will take away your guns and Donald will shut down the internets.

[beachbum bob]

27. anything is possible

[C_U_L8R]

28. I'm sure he's spying on his 'enemies'

I even wonder if he can personally track any of us here on DU and that someday I'll be interrogated with a rat cage over my head because I wrote 'Trump is a bigoted narcissistic man-child".

[TrekLuver]

29. NO

[bdamomma]

30. Thank you

at that time in the morning I should have posted it only progressive sites. Sorry you guys.