• almizilero@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As sad as it is, in this case, the press needs to shut the fuck up. Every bit of news is good for Trump. They could have definite proof of him kicking a disabled child or shooting a Maga voter and it would still get him more votes.

    So starve him out. Don’t give him a platform. Take away what he needs most, the constant attention. Everything else didn’t work, so this might be worth a try.

    • John Richard@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They honestly can’t help themselves. Most news media in the US is nothing more than a PR firm. You got fired from a billion-dollar corporation for trying to unionize? Fuck it, not news worthy. You made a little less as a landlord because renters struggled during COVID… fuck yeah, now that is news worthy. Poor landlords, poor corporations, Powerball, yada yada.

      When are people going to be so fucking gullible? Are they actually trying to inform you on facts, or are they trying to lure you in based on fear and bullshit to push their narratives and revenue-partners?

    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      We saw him mock a physically handicapped reporter, full on spastic movements as if it was a schoolyard in the 90s mocking a handicapped student. That’s enough proof that video evidence of him being a terrible person is not going to convince people he’s a terrible person.

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      No, it would not get him more votes. The main problem for the Democrats are that a lot of non-Trump voters doesn’t vote at all, not that they are suddenly going to turn Trump voters. There has been a consistent non-Trump majority since 2016 after all.

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      1 year ago

      “Yeah well that 5 year old disabled kid had it coming, he’s a pedophile Democrat communist.”