Please, for the love of God, just stop giving him attention
Please, for the love of God, just stop giving him attention
Edit: Just to clarify, my stance here is not "ignore everything Trump." He has done and will do quite a lot of things that warrant attention and concern. He's also a serial liar and world class bullshitter. A human testament to the phrase, "actions speak louder than words." Donald Trump's political success has always hinged on the fact that people are quick to forget that. He's already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
Too late for that. Now its more about keeping track of madman with weapon. Not that i want to read anything involving the piss hitler though, it would be much better if there just was nothing pay attention to.
Too late
by about 8 and a half years
The guy is never going to run out of dead cats to grab headlines and avert attention from more important things.
Nah, I want him crazier and crazier. I want him to figure out how to act so batshit crazy that his own base keeps having to question themselves.
I don't think it'll happen, but I'll LOVE asking them to explain it away.
His base has long proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are immune to reflection, introspection, common decency and feelings of shame.
The office of a mad US president in spe threatening the EU, neighbours and a former colony with violence is newsworthy.
It's the sane washing that needs to go. Stop normalizing the bad behavior of malignant narcissism and criminality.
If it were any other US president it would certainly be newsworthy and incredibly alarming. But old Don, as we all know, is completely full of shit and just says things A.) because he's a fucking idiot and B.) to distract from what he's actually up to.
One cannot "fuck around and find out" in nuclear diplomacy. Threats are threats and relying on distraction theory here is denial.
Distraction theory may work domestically, but not in diplomacy. Well, unless there's evidence for something worse planned (compare Russia in the security council 2022-02-22).
The media should certainly respond to Trump's bullshit, but the response should be to ignore it and keep asking what his plans are to reduce prices, end inflation, and all the other impossible, contradictory promises he made to get the morons in this country to vote for him.
"subtle" way of supporting him while playing dumb
so...just to point out
you want a billionaire owned multimedia ad revenue agency (aka the "news") to stop hyping the billionaire backed chaos cheeze monkey and the stupid shit it says?
every time he realizes he exists is a moment that spits in the face of evolutionary theory.
every breath he takes is a testament to the folly of man.
the sheer hubris of man quakes at the mention of the man.
he moves trillions of dollars into the pockets of his billionaire lords. they will never stop as long as you exist.
you want a billionaire owned multimedia ad revenue agency (aka the “news”) to stop hyping the billionaire backed chaos cheeze monkey and the stupid shit it says?
This is exactly why instead of expecting the media to evolve or adapt I encourage people to walk away from corporate news.
I'm not a zealot, so follow it if you like, just know that it has its own goals and one of them is to hook you on its crappy product and convince you that it is the sole arbiter of truth...when it's really stuffing its billionaire-sponsored narratives down your throat.
The reality is that if the news were in any way objective and about "the truth", it would steadily maintain reality-based positions over time, but it doesn't. It adapts based upon what its billionaire owners want and based upon the whims of the electorate -- all the while pretending that it does nothing to influence the whims of the electorate when it very clearly does.
The greatest conman the world has ever seen.
what are you talking about, hysterical attention grabbers are their meal ticket.
I swear it's just one dead cat after another with this guy. It's like someone is feeding him this nonsense to keep him busy, and by extension, the media and most of us.
He’s already working overtime to distract from the fact that the majority of his campaign promises were just lies and the sooner he can make the people who voted for him forget all the pie in the sky shit they were promised, the better.
That too. Good call, OP.
I encourage everyone to call non-news what it is - a distraction - until it's actually a thing that's happening. In the meantime, consider browsing the AP to read what's actually happening that's being masked by all this noise.
Trump is actually threatening to invade Panama, that's not just a 'distraction.'
Trump actually did try and lock Hillary Clinton up, it wasn't just bullshit.
I despise the extent to which denialism hides in believing that if we ignore or don't report on the facts of Trump's terrifying actions (speeches are actions) that will somehow improve the situation.
Yeah, all his campaign promises and bow he's working on Renaming the Gulf of Mexico because reasons and he's prepping to invade Greenland, apparently.
What's even more stupid is that we've already done this. We've already lived this stupid-ass reality, and the media made public apologies at the end, only to turn around and do the exact same thing again. I'll say one thing for trump, he's right that the media is a circus, and not something to blindly trust. That's probably the one and only time you'll hear me say trump was right about anything.
Like moths to an orange flame
Exactly. I heard more about Trump with Biden in office than I did when he was president before.
Fucking yes, stop making "were going to name it gulf of America", "make Canada the 51st state", "Texas is going to secede from the US" big news.
These are either distractions, attempts to control new cycles, political tools, or attempts to energize voter bases.
TX seceding is one of the oldest. Texas secession would all but nearly ensure the US never sees the election of another Republican president or significant political majority. It'd be political suicide. They'd lose dozens of electoral college votes, Congress people and more.
I think the word you are looking for is secede. But also you are right Texas will never succeed.
Yes, ty. Voice typing is bad lol
I’m glad someone else realized this too.
I realized something, ever since 2016 we have been trained by the media to constantly be outrage over words that may never become actions.
So now I only care if an action is made. All this “news” about trolls trolling the world is just a big nothing burger that you don’t need to know unless you actually work in politics.
I would go as far as to say it should become a rule on some news subs that a controversial figure saying something controversial is not news.
It's not an unpopular opinion if we look at declining viewership of news channels or readers canceling newspaper subscriptions.
They've been doing that non-stop for the past decade and made millions over millions from that
Do you really believe they'd stop today?
All media/journalism is struggling to make ends meet and no one in (real) media wants Trump to be in power. This cynical theory of the media is fucking stupid.
the media is owned by the elites. the journalists are not, but you'll never work in journalism again if you push against the ones that hold the leash.
For me the ideal option on another topic was to hide or unsubscribe from all relevant channels after finding the one that does frequent summaries I can read from time to time. If Trump\Elon drama could've been reduced to one weekly summary with added context and factcheking that would probably erase the need to follow these news articles completely.
Ignorance is not a solution. I can ignore cars while walking across the street, but it's probably a bad idea since I might get hit. This motherfucker is going to affect the future of the planet, so all hands on deck, red alert, pay attention. The man is a criminal, he should be in prison, not running a country. I want him feeling like he's under a microscope with the whole world watching.
I've blocked all US magazines and other social media channels I can, and I'm so much better for it.
When the moron actually invades Canada I'm sure I'll hear about it in the news.
And, frankly, this magazine is on notice. If it starts being 100% US politics it's getting blocked as well. I have zero regrets about this new policy I'm implementing.
We can’t afford it. Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume and 60% of the crude oil we refine. We need your partnership more than he’ll ever admit, especially now that our grid is regionally strained by AI and EV adoption.
Your nation provides 90% of the electricity we consume
That is completely false. In 2023 the US generated 4257 TWh compared to Canada's 615 TWh. The US only had a net import of 19 TWh
And, frankly, this magazine is on notice. If it starts being 100% US politics it’s getting blocked as well. I have zero regrets about this new policy I’m implementing.
You say this like someone is going to change their behavior based on it. No one at all has regrets about you choosing to exercise the block early block often ethos of the fediverse. I salute your decision to control your own feed.
I'm sorry our politics is everywhere (sincerely) - I'm not going to stop talking about it though.
The problem is his friends own a lot of the media
Post a pic of a pleading cat on a UK community with the title "Please can I have some food"
Some yank immediately - "Yah this is what happens when you vote republican"
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST SHUT UP FOR FIVE FUCKIN MINUTES 😂
That only works when he isnt the most powerful person in the fucking world
Who, Elon?
I agree with this take.
I blocked Trump and Musk keywords in my Lemmy client and i feel so much less anger.
The orange guy is the Kool-Aid Man of Overton's windows.
If they did that, they would have nothing to say.
Then they would have to report on the things he's actually doing and planning. Or report on his many failures.
I'm not seeing the downside here.
Last time they didn't, we're in for at least 4 years of this.
That was the path before the election. A lot of clickbait headlines linking to his platform that exposed his "alternate facts basis" for evil. Now the attitude won't make him go away anymore.
The thing is though his name in the spin machine is what he wants. There is an entire industry making money off that news. Its a post truth world my guy
You can't ignore the truth in order to banish the post-truth confusion. He gets his name in the spin machine because he won the presidency. Get used to it and don't pretend trying to hide from it is a successful strategy.
it's one thing if you need to check out of the news for your mental health but "don't feed the toddler attention" isn't a suitable approach to the presidency's use by the 78 year old whose orders will be taken seriously and literally.
Yeah, ignore the president of USA. Great strategy
Did you even read the post?
Same goes for the Fediverse. Can't go on a single political instance anymore without many people just having to bring up the asshole's existence.
How are you this stupid? You go to political instances and find the primary political figure of the president of the most powerful nation on earth being discussed and you're surprised? Upset?
How do you manage to articulate your viewpoint without realizing how stupid it is?
Someone wasn't loved when they were growing up.
Same story posted from 3 different news agencies x every news and politics community on Lemmy = 🤢
My kingdom for ublock filter lines to remove posts with titles including "Trump" or "Musk"
I completely agree but it's a little hard for me to know exactly where to draw the line though. It's less hard for assholes profiting from his bile. They can print everything he says (and print money from that) and also stand on the flimsy argument that everything he says is newsworthy.
Don't feed the trolls.
- Internet rule #1 since 1983.
I don't remember where I heard this, but it's stuck with me "Liberals take Trump literally and have never taken him seriously."
It's one of the stupidest most pathetic excuses downplaying the serious things Trump is saying. It's appropriate to take Trump seriously and literally.
You really fucking believe he wouldn't nuke a hurricane? Why would you believe that? He does all sorts of stupid things. Sometimes he's told no and the morons take it as evidence that he wasn't ever serious.
The incoming president has declared his intent to expand the borders of the US north and south. That's news. If you don't take that seriously and literally, you're just burying your head in the sand. Stop spreading this mindless denialism.
It cant
I just wish social media wasn't focused on so much, when it comes to politicians and other high figures.
They should be posting statements of value on official websites and the like, yet instead a blimmin' tweet is the highlight of discussion time and time again. Why should I care? I'm not here to be friends with them.
Isn’t that exactly what you’re doing right now? The lack of self awareness is astounding.
Well, no, not the same thing. This is a meta critique.