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Dissapearing a subredit devoted to Trump immediately before the Democratic debates?

Election meddling.




Probably not. If it were before the Republican debates (if there is a Republican challenger), that might be actual meddling. But before the Democratic debates? How's that supposed to actually change any election outcomes?


My guess? Issues that get raised on a major information platform such as The_Donald could turn into policy debate questions for the Democrats. Questions like "Given the Project Veritas video and associated leaked documents on emails, what is your position on big tech social media platforms and free speech? If you are President, what is your agenda for balancing the exchange of ideas on arguably private yet mass-media platforms?"

A question like that could a) but some of the Democrat candidates in a bind comparing their answer to any voting history/previous statements on the issue or b) could cast light on the sort of topics that obviously Democrat-supporting/anti-Trump big tech doesn't want people to investigate or learn about for themselves.


Removing a forum dedicated -- at least for the next two nights -- to criticizing the Democratic position, is an obvious tactic.

Anyway, the real point of my post was to see how quickly it would be downvoted. Petty partisanship is rife on HN.




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