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My god the media really love him don’t they ?
They can’t quit.
Of course. It gets the clicks. Which in turn feeds the bullshit, which they report on, and get more clicks. It's the circle of un-life.
Stories about Trump are so annoying because there’s a decision matrix when it comes to upvoting/downvoting, ignoring or reading.
When I see news articles about another wannabe fascist with a questionable business and personal history who made their success using family money and the exploitation of others that is completely irrelevant to me, I just downvote the story and move on.
But Trump is different because in addition to the above, I also know he is actually dangerous. While it’s true he is stupid, lacks the ability to plan things, and in a sane society would never be allowed to run for office, it is also true that he’s surrounded by smart handlers and sycophants who have helped him tilt the scales of justice, and will empower him to break every conceivable norm and law to instill himself as a dictator/useful idiot.
So I don’t want to just downvote and move on, since ignoring a threat is... well, dumb.
I hate that I have to ask myself if a story is something that I need to upvote for the sake of awareness, or if I can disregard it as more media fellatio of an undeserving scumbag for the sake of clicks.
I feel the same as you. I'd love to be able to completely ignore this stupid clown of a man. I curse the people that gave him that stupid gameshow and I really loathe the "liberal media" that did just about nothing to vet him.
Unfortunately, he has a rabid cult following and a feckless government that seems to want to do nothing about him.
They love power, yeah. The republiQan owners of corporate media are very specifically and in this case directly anti-democratic.
Here's how: Any halfway competent democratic voice would find a way to say "That's Wrong" somewhere in there - the headline, for example. "In further traitorous thoughts, Trump says he'd attack America again"
Remember Les Moonvees? I mean before he resigned after sexually assaulting a bunch of women.
Or CNN's Jeff Zucker who also sexually assaulted a bunch of women and was virulently pro-Trump, even having a framed tweet from Trump on his wall thanking him?