[governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever

[Charity Gamboa]

Suresh,

It's always a matter of opinion. Anybody can hit the delete key if that
particular item perplexes them. But you know some of us who can make the
connection  - then it's not a big deal. The picture of the president and
the first lady hugging and is heavily tweeted (and even circulated in
Facebook) is a sign of free speech online.  Please don't get me wrong - you
are entitled to ask. There are so many facebook pages created in the US
that is devoted to political opinions, e.g. "*Politically Incorrect and
Proud of It Too*." Anybody can subscribe to humorous quotes, posts and
pictures that pokes fun at President Obama. That's like normal squabbling.
You have the likes of Michelle Malkin who is a very strong conservative
blogger who uses her Twitchy website to post her tweets (as screenshots) to
make a political point. So those people who tweeted on Obama's winning are
probably his supporters, thus, expressing their own right to express
themselves via social media. I see nothing wrong with that regardless if
one is a liberal, conservative or a libertarian. Do I really need to
elaborate on this issue? Nope - it's a no brainer. I just want to point out
that this is how I would think of the issue. But I wouldn't chide Fahd for
posting that here as well as he is also is exercising his right to share
his opinion. I also chose to give him a break.

Charity Gamboa-Embley

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>wrote:

> Well you see, without some commentary about it in this context from the
> original poster, it is practically impossible to tell the difference
> between that and idle forwarding of random news articles.
>
> --srs (htc one x)
>
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ivar A. M. Hartmann" <ivarhartmann at gmail.com>
> To: "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>,
> "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh at hserus.net>
> Cc: "Fahd A. Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>
> Subject: [governance] Barack Obama Victory Tweet Most Retweeted Ever
> Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 4:26 AM
>
>
> I believe major happenings in the field of social networks are of interest
> to IG.
> In this case, it's more strong evidence of the use of social networks for
> political speech. This relates to cyberdemocracy theories and concerns
> stakeholders involved in regulating free speech online as political speech
> is deemed in almost all democracies to be the type of speech that calls for
> the stronger protection.
> Just my opinion.
> Best,
> Ivar
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net
> >wrote:
>
> > May I ask your opinion on how or why a photo of a couple hugging is
> anyway
> > remotely related to igov?
> >
> > --srs (iPad)
> >
> > On 08-Nov-2012, at 1:26, "Fahd A. Batayneh" <fahd.batayneh at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20237531
> >
> > The words "four more years", coupled with a photo of Barack and Michelle
> > Obama embraced in a hug, have become the most retweeted Twitter post
> ever.
> >
> > Fahd
> >
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