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the_rowan
09/14/18 10:08:26 PM
#51:


Roshon posted...
the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


And you dont see how he can abuse this?


Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.

Is "post a misleading topic title" all one has to do to cause this kind of hysteria? This is the system that is used for national emergencies of the highest urgency. If you really, truly are so utterly fucking brainless that you believe this system, which already exists and already allows the President to send alerts to every phone (I was actually wrong about this not being already implemented), is suddenly going to be turned into Donald Trump's Power Hour, with no checks from anyone around him, you are so fucking delusional that you need serious help.
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metralo
09/14/18 10:08:41 PM
#52:


glitteringfairy posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
metralo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this


if obama texted my phone I'd very quickly be pissed too. stop lumping us in with you knee bending conservatives. we get it, you want a dictator to lick the boot clean of. the majority of americans don't.


what a stupid fucking post

Dude is a total joke


yeah i was just kidding. i want trump to text me and tell me how bad mueller is and how bad minorities are. WITCH HUNT! BUILD THE WALL! MEXICANS ARE BAD!
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Pus_N_Pecans
09/14/18 10:10:26 PM
#53:


Wtf. Please tell me I can turn this off without having to turn off real alerts too.
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treewojima
09/14/18 10:10:35 PM
#54:


SageHarpuia posted...
Reported post #45. Equating Conservatism to a mental illness is highly offensive.


nobody is making that tenuous connection except you
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metralo
09/14/18 10:10:43 PM
#55:


the_rowan posted...
Roshon posted...
the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


And you dont see how he can abuse this?


Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.

Is "post a misleading topic title" all one has to do to cause this kind of hysteria? This is the system that is used for national emergencies of the highest urgency. If you really, truly are so utterly fucking brainless that you believe this system, which already exists, is suddenly going to be turned into Donald Trump's Power Hour, with no checks from anyone around him, you are so fucking delusional that you need serious help.


imagine thinking that trump wont abuse this power

aww so adorable :)
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 10:11:31 PM
#56:


TREASON?

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008Zulu
09/14/18 10:12:48 PM
#57:


Trump: 300 million people forced to listen to me? Not even Ivanka can get me this hard!
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ledbowman
09/14/18 10:14:33 PM
#58:


metralo posted...
the_rowan posted...
Roshon posted...
the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


And you dont see how he can abuse this?


Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.

Is "post a misleading topic title" all one has to do to cause this kind of hysteria? This is the system that is used for national emergencies of the highest urgency. If you really, truly are so utterly fucking brainless that you believe this system, which already exists, is suddenly going to be turned into Donald Trump's Power Hour, with no checks from anyone around him, you are so fucking delusional that you need serious help.


imagine thinking that trump wont abuse this power

aww so adorable :)

He's using italics so you know he's smart and serious.
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DemonBuffet
09/14/18 10:14:35 PM
#59:


Time for trump to text us about the fake news and how hes so much smarter than most people.
Wonderful!
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treewojima
09/14/18 10:16:09 PM
#60:


i'd need the details of how this is implemented and how this is different from the existing cellular EAS system that's in place

there are far worse things that President Trump has unilateral discretion over though
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MacadamianNut3
09/14/18 10:16:43 PM
#61:


Trump always goes off script, so I'm looking forward to him botching the message and sending something that looks like it's from somebody 4 months into learning how to speak and write English
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CEs_EFG
09/14/18 10:18:43 PM
#62:


metralo posted...
ah, fascism. but the liberals are the real problem. muh hillary.

fucking idiots.


Lmao at thinking this is fasicm
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mattnd2007
09/14/18 10:22:34 PM
#63:


I really hope we get batshit texts over this at some point. Would be hilarious.
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sktgamer_13dude
09/14/18 10:23:16 PM
#64:


If this is used solely for emergency situations, Im ok with it.

If its ever used for anything else, fuck that.
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the_rowan
09/14/18 10:24:42 PM
#65:


metralo posted...
imagine thinking that trump wont abuse this power


He. Already. Has. The. Power. It has existed since before he entered office. This is just an alternate implementation of it.

Are you really SO UTTERLY BRAINLESS that all it takes for you to believe that a man could hijack the national emergency alert system to send personal non-emergency tweets without consequence is someone posting a stupid, false line in a topic title on the message board? Do you have absolutely no grip on reality? No ability to think rationally or critically whatsoever? Is the very concept of Donald Trump being both legally and socially responsible for his actions as the president too hard to grasp? The fact that his political opponents would gut him for such a thing just impossible to imagine? The fact that there is absolutely ZERO precedent for what you are saying in the entire history of the nation?

Trump can be an idiot on Twitter all he wants, and the consequences of it are that most of the nation (and certainly almost the entirety of the rest of the world) thinks he's an idiot. But he's not actually required to tweet in any particular style. Abusing a national emergency alert system? That could have serious consequences for him. I know people love to pretend that the world is a cartoon and that Trump is infinitely stupid in all ways, but the man knows better than to do such a thing, and has already demonstrated this by not doing it (since again, HE ALREADY CAN DO THIS).
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Roshon
09/14/18 10:26:34 PM
#66:


the_rowan posted...
Roshon posted...
the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


And you dont see how he can abuse this?


Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me.

Is "post a misleading topic title" all one has to do to cause this kind of hysteria? This is the system that is used for national emergencies of the highest urgency. If you really, truly are so utterly fucking brainless that you believe this system, which already exists and already allows the President to send alerts to every phone (I was actually wrong about this not being already implemented), is suddenly going to be turned into Donald Trump's Power Hour, with no checks from anyone around him, you are so fucking delusional that you need serious help.


The people around him cant even prevent him from making unpresidential twitter posts. No other president has had this much leeway to use a public forum in such a barbaric way. Its unprecedented.
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VTBM
09/14/18 10:29:36 PM
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QwelzaarKane
09/14/18 10:34:45 PM
#68:


I mean, I already get Amber Alerts and notifications for severe weather. This sounds like the same exact thing but with a dumb name that makes it seem like Trump could use it as a Twitter alternative. As long as he doesn't have that ability there's no issue. Anyone acting like he wouldn't if given the chance is being dishonest, though.
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Doe
09/14/18 10:35:55 PM
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 10:40:14 PM
#70:


the_rowan posted...
He. Already. Has. The. Power.

FiYgqNh
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gatorsPENSbucs
09/14/18 10:53:51 PM
#71:


Awesome, finally a president that cares about his people.
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Hexenherz
09/15/18 10:55:45 AM
#72:


wtf people keep responding to that Sage person, why? Do you not realize he's trolling you?
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Anteaterking
09/15/18 11:01:58 AM
#73:


The chances of Trump himself writing any message sent out over this system is very low.

the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some f***ing mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


It's not going to.
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Muffinz0rz
09/15/18 11:03:44 AM
#74:


fear mongering
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Bad_Mojo
09/15/18 11:03:45 AM
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CruelBuffalo
09/15/18 11:04:53 AM
#76:


Spooking posted...
KiwiTerraRizing posted...
Presidential Alert - You up?

Presidential Alert - "Fat pig, Rosie O'Donnell, just said something very nasty about me to the failing NYT. None of it is true and fat Rosie knows it! #FakeNews"

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BignutzisBack
09/15/18 11:05:10 AM
#77:


the_rowan posted...
metralo posted...
imagine thinking that trump wont abuse this power


He. Already. Has. The. Power. It has existed since before he entered office. This is just an alternate implementation of it.

Are you really SO UTTERLY BRAINLESS that all it takes for you to believe that a man could hijack the national emergency alert system to send personal non-emergency tweets without consequence is someone posting a stupid, false line in a topic title on the message board? Do you have absolutely no grip on reality? No ability to think rationally or critically whatsoever? Is the very concept of Donald Trump being both legally and socially responsible for his actions as the president too hard to grasp? The fact that his political opponents would gut him for such a thing just impossible to imagine? The fact that there is absolutely ZERO precedent for what you are saying in the entire history of the nation?

Trump can be an idiot on Twitter all he wants, and the consequences of it are that most of the nation (and certainly almost the entirety of the rest of the world) thinks he's an idiot. But he's not actually required to tweet in any particular style. Abusing a national emergency alert system? That could have serious consequences for him. I know people love to pretend that the world is a cartoon and that Trump is infinitely stupid in all ways, but the man knows better than to do such a thing, and has already demonstrated this by not doing it (since again, HE ALREADY CAN DO THIS).


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Banjo2553
09/15/18 11:10:29 AM
#78:


the_rowan posted...

They're just trolling you, dude. Don't get modded over them.
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smo86
09/15/18 11:15:44 AM
#79:


kingdrake2 posted...
Hawaiian_punch posted...
Awesome posted...
XD its clear that hes doing this to piss his haters off because now its going to get more personal for them, literally getting text messages from the guy they hate the most.


Imagine being black and getting a bunch of texts like:

Kamala is low iq
Booker is stupid
Don lemon has very limited brains
Kaepernick is a SOB

This is not ok


there's one thing i can agree with i hate DON Fucking LEMON he's an ass.


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Tyranthraxus
09/15/18 11:27:47 AM
#80:


He's not going to be using this as a substitute for Twitter, guys.

It's for national emergencies.
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09/15/18 11:30:06 AM
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TheBiggerWiggle
09/15/18 11:31:05 AM
#82:


Eh. Im not too worried. While this sounds incredibly annoying at first glance, if #45 starts abusing it there will be enough class action lawsuits that either we will be given the chance to opt out or the program will be disbanded.

We already have a system from the nation weather service in place to alert our phones. This is redundant and useless. Its 2018. If we were attacked Im sure most would find out before this dumbass notification went out.
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lww99
09/15/18 11:32:35 AM
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TendoDRM
09/15/18 11:34:32 AM
#84:


the_rowan posted...
Is the very concept of Donald Trump being both legally and socially responsible for his actions as the president too hard to grasp?

Uh yes.
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alt_no_1_loves
09/15/18 11:38:18 AM
#85:


So long as this is only used in genuine emergencies to convey important information, ok. But even then, I don't think it needs to be a "Presidential Alert." It should be from FEMA.
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ledbowman
09/15/18 1:08:27 PM
#86:


Presidential Alert:
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Error1355
09/16/18 7:23:44 AM
#87:


Pretty sure Trump would come under massive fire from everyone for abusing this alert system when it's clear what the purpose of this system is for. I don't see this being an issue whatsoever.
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Hawaiian_punch
09/16/18 9:33:22 AM
#88:


Error1355 posted...
Pretty sure Trump would come under massive fire from everyone for abusing this alert system when it's clear what the purpose of this system is for. I don't see this being an issue whatsoever.


He also came under massive fire for ignoring the anti nepotism law.... and the emoluments clause.... and putting babies in cages... and banning moose limbs... and pulling out of the Paris accord... and for siding with Putin over US intelligence... etc

Backlash never stopped him :/
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uwnim
09/16/18 10:17:39 AM
#89:


If this is only for national emergencies and the president cant just like use it for whatever, then it isnt bad. If it can be freely used then I hope theres a way to block it.
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Coffeebeanz
09/16/18 10:29:08 AM
#91:


Presidential Alert: Low IQ Chuck Schumer wants criminals to live in YOUR HOUSE! We won't let him! Sad!
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dave_is_slick
09/16/18 10:41:54 AM
#92:


SageHarpuia posted...
But could you imagine being awoken at 3 a.m. to your phone being bombarded with shitposts? I must say, the idea is rather orgasmic.

You have problems.
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smo86
09/16/18 12:37:21 PM
#93:


dave_is_slick posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
But could you imagine being awoken at 3 a.m. to your phone being bombarded with shitposts? I must say, the idea is rather orgasmic.

You have problems.


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