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Ms. Toad

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30. They aren't in his timeline

Tue May 30, 2017, 01:30 AM

May 2017

She is sending them out. They are invisible to him, not to anyone else. Just like when you block someone on DU. You aren't stopping them from speaking - you're just putting in earplugs. Free speech does not force a anyone to listen to you - it just gives you the right to speak.

Free speech does not guarantee you a conversation, either. You can say anything you want to everyone but Trump without using the reply function. Just send a tweet. If you want people to know you're responding to the idiot, just include his Twitter handle. It is impossible for Trump to restrict your ability to use Twitter to speak to the rest of the world. All he is doing by blocking her is restricting his ability to listen.

You are confusing the right to speak with the (non-existent) right to be heard by, or carry on a conversation with, a specific individual.

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Trump 'BLOCKS' Jimmy Kimmel Live writer on Twitter after she 'hurt his feelings' [View all] workinclasszero May 2017 OP

Isn't it a violation of the 1st Am for the President to block someone just for disagreeing? SunSeeker May 2017 #1

Nah, don't think so. Beartracks May 2017 #2

Blocking prevents her from speaking out in that forum. SunSeeker May 2017 #5

It's not really a public forum RhodeIslandOne May 2017 #11

The platform is private, but Trump is "running" or managing his account. SunSeeker May 2017 #19

He's not blocking her speech at all. Ms. Toad May 2017 #20

How can we still see blocked tweets in his timeline? SunSeeker May 2017 #24

They aren't in his timeline Ms. Toad May 2017 #30

If you are blocked, people you cannot see your replies to his tweets. SunSeeker May 2017 #32

No bluecollar2 May 2017 #21

Why? SunSeeker May 2017 #25

It's a matter of understanding the first amendment bluecollar2 May 2017 #28

I understand the First Amendment. SunSeeker May 2017 #29

It's also his personal account, not the PotUS account. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #14

Shitler is on it on OUR time, hence those are our tweets. nt SunSeeker May 2017 #18

Wrong. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #22

It doesn't matter how much we pay him. It is his position, not pay, that is determinative. SunSeeker May 2017 #23

Getting into a public spat with a comedy writer C_U_L8R May 2017 #3

What a special snowflake huh? workinclasszero May 2017 #4

I wonder what the trigger word was. Hands? Caterpillars? Mangos? Putin? Resign? Minority? Alzheimer? Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #15

Who's the snowflake again? Initech May 2017 #6

Poor orange snowflake LW1977 May 2017 #7

Awwww, did that mean ol' comedy writer calimary May 2017 #8

He's obviously never read mine! liberaltrucker May 2017 #9

Does Trump have a sense of humor? bucolic_frolic May 2017 #10

He laughs at the jokes his Russian handler Lavrob makes in the Oval Office. Photos show him. . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #16

He laughs on his way to the bank. And he probably laughs at Trump voters. n/t Beartracks May 2017 #17

Him widdle feewings got huuuurt? The $hit-throwin orange baboon got him feewings hurt? TheDebbieDee May 2017 #12

My goal in life as of right now is to be blocked by Trump on Twitter too. TeamPooka May 2017 #13

Me too. Thanks for the goal sharing Polka! irisblue May 2017 #27

He blocked me before the election. I trolled his ass hardcore onecaliberal May 2017 #26

Not just her. He, or whoever has his phone, has been lady lib May 2017 #31

TWITTER FOLLOWERS!! yuiyoshida May 2017 #33