Of course what this means is people who are not in Trump’s exclusive fiefdom will be excuded from access, at least for a period of time.
It’s being challenged as unconstitutional. But I think more basically it’s a violation of human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
Article 21
- Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
- Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country.
Trump’s “early access” program is inherently partaking in governance as it is communication between reps and those they represent. Knowing what is going on inside that nutjob’s brain is part of the democracy equation – as precursor to protesting his next stupid idea. Yet in this case it would be exclusively available to paying subscribers, not everyone as required by art.21.
Article 21
Using private platforms that require users to sign up and agree to terms of use already violate that, but nobody seems to care, as many governments around the world continue using twitter for official communication.
He could just step down. Then it’d be okay.
well if you shoot off part of his ear just 1 cm or so from the brain and that does not motivate stepping down, then it’s not gonna happen.
are we sure that wasn’t staged
