If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites?

[Ralph Wiggum]

Here we go again!

smirkymonkey
If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites?
That is one of my greatest fears, because I don't know what I would do without a community of other Dems/Liberals to commiserate with in a time of crisis. Imagine how isolated you would feel under a Trump dictatorship with nobody to talk to openly and honestly.

I think I would go completely mad.

Not a long trip.... anyway....

lpbk2713
5. He'll do his best to shut down those sites on election night.


We've certainly seen that happen before.

smirkymonkey
11. We need to find a way to circumvent this.
We can not let him cut us off from each other.

texasfiddler
29. I was On DU when it happened in 2016
It was a weird video of trump looking like a gangster and at the end he points a handgun at me and says get on board. DU was down for a while. That was a very terrible time in our history. Not looking looking forward to anything like it again.

Girard442
7. Sites will be at risk in direct proportion to how effective they are.
Any site that pisses off Trump will definitely be shut.

Had to shut it down. We found terrorist activity and child porn there.

 

LiberalFighter
8. He will shut down sites on election day.
Like the Russians did or someone did to DU in 2016.

And the turd in the punchbowl:

Jake Stern
17. Jeezus the conspiracy theorizing on here is reaching Infowars levels.
He's gonna stop the election

He's gonna nullify the results

He's gonna barricade himself in the White House with the support of rogue military and thousands of armed supporters

He's gonna send in the marshals to arrest Hillary and Nancy on January 20th

He's gonna shut down all liberal stations, websites and publications

Yet nobody on here can give a concrete constitutional way for him to achieve ANY of the above.

My prediction: on January 20th 2021 he will leave as the law dictates if he loses. If he were to win you will see more impotent investigations by the Republicans into Hillary and Nancy coming to nothing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213011596

[Ptarmigan]

smirkymonkey
If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites?
That is one of my greatest fears, because I don't know what I would do without a community of other Dems/Liberals to commiserate with in a time of crisis. Imagine how isolated you would feel under a Trump dictatorship with nobody to talk to openly and honestly.

I think I would go completely mad.

Lay off the drugs and tinfoil. 

[DUmpDiver]

Trump would never do this.  Where would the Russian bots go to post?

[FiddyBeowulf]

smirkymonkey
If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites?

What is the point of beating the left if you cannot see them whine about it?

Conan knew that:
“What is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!”

[Mary Ann]

Goodness. Smirkymonkey is unhinged! And has brought out the rest of the unhinged DUpipo, as well.

VOX (22,462 posts)

31. Never underestimate a far-right, drug-addled autocrat with a cadre of insane supporters.

Assess the damage done already. Walls. Lifetime right-wing judges.Obama=lifetime left-wing judges. Regulations trashed. Voter suppression.Obama=voter fraud Damning of the free press. Whose administration surveilled Fox News reporters, and their parents?Children in cages. Like Obama Persecution of political opponents. *cough*LoisLerner*cough*Thinly-veiled threats of physical violence to dissenters. A cult-like following that has made documented death threats to critics. *cough*JamesHodgkinson*cough*Lawbreaking in broad daylight without consequences. Withholding critical security information. Complete ignorance of the Constitution, and no evidence of adherence to it.Who cares about the Constitution when you have "a pen and a phone?" Using the nation’s highest office for personal financial gain.Like the Clintons? Inserting close family members into high-ranking, sensitive positions of immense diplomatic responsibility. Conspiring with a hostile foreign power to tilt an American election, and preparing to repeat that act. Going to the brink of war with Iran.Um, Clinton paved the way for N. Korea to get nukes, and Obama's stupid Iran deal meant that Iran would have nukes within a few years Continuing intent to destroy national healthcare. Whose insurance premiums have gone down by $2500/year? Anyone?Plans to move funds from Medicare and Social Security. Proof??Steady accumulation of power to the executive branch. Again. "A pen and a phone."Inability to learn from mistakes. Unable to consider advice or direction.

These (and more) distinctly un-American events have already happened. Imagine this: If defeated, Trump will congratulate the winner, thank his staff for their loyalty and simply leave office, like all other presidents have done before him.

Does the the above scenario ring true? Does it describe a situation that’s in keeping with what we have witnessed for the past 3-plus years?

Trump does *nothing* quietly, or fairly, or legitimately. Nor does he surrender any ideological ground. It would be very consistent with his demonstrated behavior to contest the results of an election, especially if all the Republican machinations don’t pan out.

I put *nothing* past this insane, bitter criminal. Nothing. It would be wise to have a plan in place that deals with Trump either not recognizing the results of an election he does not win, or not surrendering the office per the law. Because, as has been witnessed repeatedly, the law means nothing to Trump or his circle.

[SVPete]

To the degree Trump is aware of DU and its ilk, he probably derives wry amusement from the sites.

[DLR Pyro]

smirkymonkey
If Trump wins, do you think he will shut down Democratic and Liberal websites?
That is one of my greatest fears, because I don't know what I would do without a community of other Dems/Liberals to commiserate with in a time of crisis. Imagine how isolated you would feel under a Trump dictatorship with nobody to talk to openly and honestly.

I think I would go completely mad.

looks like smirkymonkey is afraid of losing his crying towel.

[Zathras]

The only person that will be shutting down Democratic websites when President Trump is reelected will be the owners of those websites and nobody else.