[Pyxl101]

Came here to make the same point:

It's not appropriate for the official social media account of a government agency to tweet political content that criticizes the current President. That's going too far, and I'm not surprised at all that they were told to shut it.

[iandanforth]

NPS is in charge of the National Mall. They are heavily invested in the truth of statements about their work. Just as it was appropriate for intelligence officials to state they believed Russia hacked DNC servers, it is appropriate for the agency in charge to correct, lets be generous, misstatements about how many people attended an event they helped coordinate.

[monksy]

It is incredibly appropriate for the security services to state suspicion/evidence of foreign maleficence. (If it's true.. if it's a political suggestion.. they should be punished for propaganda) Although, Wikileaks has been nothing but consistent in stating it wasn't rush that gave them the leaks.

It is fine for NPS to report occurrences. However, it was not fine for them to make a comparison of inaugurations.

The offices of the government should and always should remain neutral. They should be judged on doing their job properly. Should the EPA pretend to be Milo on how they think that Trump's/Rep party's ignorance on Global Warming is bad? No they should be advising us on upcoming, and current threads, showing superfund cleanup efforts, creating effective change, etc.

It's hard to judge an organization correctly when it's trying to play politics. When you're wrestling with a pig, you're going to both get dirty, but in the end the politican likes it.

[facetube]

Comparing objective reality between two points in time is not partisan. It is factual. It is the truth. If the crowd had been larger than previous years, would you still object?

[monksy]

It would suggest trying to win favor. Still poor taste. They stand to gain nothing and loose a lot by making comparisons.

[facetube]

They were correcting a factually inaccurate statement made by the President of the United States, using evidence they were in possession of. One must hold truth above abstract concepts like "favor" and "taste".

[mcphage]

Showing the number of people who attended the inauguration is a criticism, all of a sudden? That's some seriously thin skin.

[xname2]

Compare to the former president? Are you even serious?

[mcphage]

Fewer people attended the inauguration. I'm sorry that bothers you so much, but it's the truth. If your solution to someone sharing the truth is to make them shut up, then you got some serious issues.

[xname2]

The point is you can't use an office account to do this. Unbelievable.

[mjmsmith]

The former President who never lost his temper over six years of claims that he wasn't an American? Are you paid to be here too?

[xname2]

You must be crazy. Do you even know what I was talking about? Do you seriously think an official office account should involve in this?