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Initech

(100,036 posts) Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:43 PM Aug 2018

Twitter image threatens shooting Meghan McCain; her husband blasts Twitter's CEO

On the same day Arizona held memorial services for the late Sen. John McCain, a Twitter user posted a doctored image that appeared to threaten to shoot Meghan McCain as she wept over her father's casket.

By that night, Ben Domenech, Meghan McCain's husband, was blasting Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for allowing the threatening post to stay up.

"Tell me why this is cool by you," Domenech wrote on Twitter, targeting Dorsey's online handle, @jack.

The photo appears to be a doctored version of a photo taken Aug. 29 at a private memorial service at the Arizona Capitol. During the emotional service, Meghan McCain wept over the casket holding her father's body.

The edited image shows a pair of hands holding a semiautomatic handgun, clearly trained at the grieving woman's chest.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/twitter-image-threatens-shooting-meghan-mccain-her-husband-blasts-twitters-ceo/ar-BBMH9CV

More of that Trump fan #Civility.

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Twitter image threatens shooting Meghan McCain; her husband blasts Twitter's CEO (Original Post) Initech Aug 2018 OP

I am not on Twitter at all. lark Aug 2018 #1

I bet the jackboot pinches shanny Aug 2018 #2

Horrific that anyone would do this, but obviously they are Trumpsters. hlthe2b Aug 2018 #3

It's Despicable But...Those Are Her People Me. Aug 2018 #4

Why anyone stays on Twitter is beyond me. Facebook is bad enough. CanonRay Aug 2018 #5

If there was a "like" button on here... ADX Aug 2018 #6

I have no problems on Twitter. I follow mostly politicians, activists, news people, journalists and chowder66 Aug 2018 #7

lark

(23,061 posts)

1. I am not on Twitter at all.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:45 PM

Aug 2018

It's worse than FB and doesn't give a shit about others' safety. I am cutting way back on FB too.

shanny

(6,709 posts)

2. I bet the jackboot pinches

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:47 PM

Aug 2018

when it's on the other foot.

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)

3. Horrific that anyone would do this, but obviously they are Trumpsters.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:48 PM

Aug 2018

So, just maybe, Meghan might tone down her Republican love and constant defense, given it is really only the party of Trump.

Me.

(35,454 posts)

4. It's Despicable But...Those Are Her People

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 02:53 PM

Aug 2018

and they have treated others much worse and that never seemed to bother her

CanonRay

(14,084 posts)

5. Why anyone stays on Twitter is beyond me. Facebook is bad enough.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:07 PM

Aug 2018

ADX

(1,622 posts)

6. If there was a "like" button on here...

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:33 PM

Aug 2018

...I would have just hit it about 324 times.

Spot on...

chowder66

(9,054 posts)

7. I have no problems on Twitter. I follow mostly politicians, activists, news people, journalists and

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 07:59 PM

Aug 2018

a few people on DU and elsewhere. I keep family and friends out of it. If I want to talk to them I speak to them on the phone or in person. I tried facebook for a hot minute and left it. I rarely follow others back and am careful when I do choose to.

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