• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    This is how everyone should handle trump and his ilk at every opportunity. Talk over him, call him out on obvious lies, chuckle at him when he says idiotic things. Just generally treat him with disdain and derision. He has this hero status with his followers that could be chipped away at if he’s the subject of serious, casual ridicule. Not the stupid, desperate, “mango mussolini” “lord cheeto” junk, but the stuff that makes him feel self-conscious and lash out like a stupid, bumbling old man. This has been the most successful rhetorical/propaganda strategy whenever people have employed it.

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      Not saying you’re right or wrong, but these types of events only happen occasionally, mais non?

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        Every time he says something off the wall. Someone needs to lean in, sock him, and say something like, “think before you speak.” Including, and especially his secret service detail. I don’t think he can learn to do otherwise, it’s just a tangible acknowledgment if his inherent idiocy.

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              Agreed, but I got scolded by the mods of .world because I was “harassing” them.

              Thought I had them blocked. I’d recommend that’s what everyone does and just move on.

              Edit: The fact that meta pirated a crap ton of ebooks says that that link is going to do fsck all.

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              While you may find it cringe, I meant it as a courtesy to you. I’d rather not engage with you at all beyond informing you of what i just did, if it’s all the same to you. The less iterations of 100% legally pointless comment “footers” i can see spamming this comment section the better. I am grateful nobody else is doing this though. It would make it unbearable to read any comments.

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                I’d rather not engage with you at all beyond informing you of what i just did

                The option to block me is available to you.

                You and others don’t have to repeatedly comment that you disagree with me using a footer, you can just block me.

                I am grateful nobody else is doing this though. It would make it unbearable to read any comments.

                People have had footer sections in their comments since the beginning of the Internet and somehow commenting and posting continued to exist.

                If Lemmy wanted to give me a better way of licensing my comments that others would see, when they’re reading my comments, and most importantly, that is supported by law, I would be all for it.

                Otherwise, I use a small font text to minimize the impact of the footer, something I don’t have to do.

                This comment is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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                  Yeah so is the option to inform you, you are bothering people. Blocking is an eventuality of course, but i usually only block right away comments whose content i dislike and except your cc license i have nothing against the content of your comments.

                  Theres a reason why the 90s web forum design was never widely adopted and it’s dead now. Nobody cares about witty quotes or how many posts an account has, or badges, or a little picture or footers.

                  Anyway, i won’t even comment on the law part because that’s a can of worms and i don’t want to write a huge wall of text. Like i previously said, for the purpose you think the footers have, they are pointless. Nevertheless, i appreciate at least the small font.

                  Anyway i think i said what i had to say about this.

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      Or he does have an idea, and the nonsensensical lies he spews just serve to reenforce the talking points for his MAGA base.

      I don’t know which one is scarier.

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    Macron interrupts to say to the face of the orange thug that Europe provided 60% of the money and clearly he is there for negotiations. As he puts it, it is russia who should pay back : first pay compensations to Ukraine, then other countries.
    Next a journalist asks the orrange nazi if russia will pay since they are the aggressor … no answer + diversion + end of press meeting

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    Time for the EU to break free of the US. The US is now aligned with Russia, North Korea, and Hungary among others.

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    What does that fucking moron mean when he says “We’ll get some land back”? It seems to me that he thinks his allies land actually belongs to him. I know America likes to portray itself as the big boss of the west but that’s just make-believe, man… Like movies and shit.

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    Trump is 78 years old, has diaper plumbing problems and gets bored easily. Why doesn’t he retire? He would be surrounded by his adoring fans and he could live off of all of his money for the rest of his days.

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      https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662

      "Symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder and how severe they are can vary. People with the disorder can:

      • Have an unreasonably high sense of self-importance and require constant, excessive admiration.
      • Feel that they deserve privileges and special treatment.
      • Expect to be recognized as superior even without achievements.
      • Make achievements and talents seem bigger than they are.
      • Be preoccupied with fantasies about success, power, brilliance, beauty or the perfect mate.
      • Believe they are superior to others and can only spend time with or be understood by equally special people.
      • Be critical of and look down on people they feel are not important.
      • Expect special favors and expect other people to do what they want without questioning them.
      • Take advantage of others to get what they want.
      • Have an inability or unwillingness to recognize the needs and feelings of others.
      • Be envious of others and believe others envy them.
      • Behave in an arrogant way, brag a lot and come across as conceited.
      • Insist on having the best of everything — for instance, the best car or office.
      • At the same time, people with narcissistic personality disorder have trouble handling anything they view as criticism. They can:
      • Become impatient or angry when they don’t receive special recognition or treatment.
      • Have major problems interacting with others and easily feel slighted.
      • React with rage or contempt and try to belittle other people to make themselves appear superior.
      • Have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.
      • Experience major problems dealing with stress and adapting to change.
      • Withdraw from or avoid situations in which they might fail.
      • Feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection.
      • Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame, humiliation and fear of being exposed as a failure."

      I wish I’d never even heard the name ‘Trump’ but I feel like I know him well enough now that ‘all of the above’ feels accurate.

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        Don’t forget he was on trial for federal crimes, some of which carried lengthy prison sentences, at the time of his second election win. Literally, his only options were ‘become president of the united states’ and ‘spend the rest of his life in prison’.

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          I think he will commit more crimes but you may be right. He has a tiger by the tail though. At this point I don’t think he could get out unscathed.

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      I didn’t bother watching (I prefer to read), but this comment got me to play the video. Macron giving the wink at the end really got me. Pwned.

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    I don’t think that Cheeto is capable of stringing together a coherent sentence that has any substance to it. It’s like he’s just trying to get through the interview with little meaningless fluff sentences.

    Makes me wonder if he has some yet-to-be-properly-diagnosed aphasia.

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      It’s clear that he’s just a pawn of Musk’s at this point. And Musk read Project 2025 and his Nazi brain went “fuck yeah let’s do that, get that really dumb guy in office again so we can really do shit”

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    The annoying orange sure does look like a weak dipshit whenever he tries to spew out his bullshit in an environment where he can’t control the narrative.