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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas any American President been this universally hated?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/04/the-resistance-now-trump-twitter-account-deactivated-hero<snip>
It wasnt fake news. It wasnt even a glitch. A rogue worker, who was reportedly a contractor, at Twitter pulled the plug on the hyperactive president on Thursday evening on his or her last day of work.
The internet erupted with social media users hailing the departing staffer as a hero but the incident has raised new concerns about security at Twitter, and legal experts have begun speculating that the rogue worker could be prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. However, this area of law is messy, with courts around the country coming up with contradictory rulings. Read more at The Hill.
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Has any American President been this universally hated? (Original Post)
malaise
Nov 2017
OP
The same law -(the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) -could be applied to Donald & co?
Madam45for2923
Nov 2017
#2
+1, I was thinking Nixon but even he wasn't as HATED as Red Don is..wonder what's going on in Saudi
uponit7771
Nov 2017
#8
This too, screwed up economy ... lied us into war ... stole election(s). It just
uponit7771
Nov 2017
#9
+1, right now KGOP's congress is keeping Red Don from being as dangerous as Bush. That'll change
uponit7771
Nov 2017
#16
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)1. I think Nixon was once all the dirty schemes came out
and then even his base turned on him. Yet, he left office with a 22% approval rating I believe.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)3. Nixon was never hated like this one.
No way.
malaise
(269,157 posts)5. Nixon was hated at home
The Con is hated everywhere except where authoritarians rule
HipChick
(25,485 posts)7. Twitter needs to be held accountable for such poor security...
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)2. The same law -(the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) -could be applied to Donald & co?
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)4. Back in the day ...
Enough folks hated Abe Lincoln and his policies that the seceded.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)8. +1, I was thinking Nixon but even he wasn't as HATED as Red Don is..wonder what's going on in Saudi
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)10. Supposedly Yemen fired a missile at the Saudi capital ...
And scores of princes and ministers have been arrested.
Maybe a failed coup.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)6. George W Bush
By a lot.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)9. This too, screwed up economy ... lied us into war ... stole election(s). It just
... Bush wasn't this loathed this early in his term
oberliner
(58,724 posts)12. But he hit lows of 25 percent approval rating.
Trump has never come close to that.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)13. whoa, yeah ... Red Don has some work to do
hatrack
(59,592 posts)14. Big shoes to fill with his tiny hands . . .
.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)15. I think with the Trump insanity we forget how awful Bush was
At times.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)16. +1, right now KGOP's congress is keeping Red Don from being as dangerous as Bush. That'll change
... soon
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)11. Lincoln?
Half the country got mad enough to leave the union and make war.......