It's good for you not to listen. But then his supporters are listening and will continue unchecked until we hit a major catastrophic failure. But if you listen, you still apparently can't stop him so... Prepper?
If you want to provide effective counterarguments and call out the spread of disinformation from Trump and his base, then you must hear what they are saying.
If instead you'd prefer to just enjoy life, then it's perfectly fine to ignore all that nonsense.
I'm not in any way mocking mental illness, but listening to Trump right now is honestly like listening to a paranoid schizophrenic talking to himself about nonsensical, paranoid things the evil voices in his head are telling him, except at any moment he could mention your country, town or your name.
Considering the texts I've been getting from people who are listening to him, I suspect you may in fact have saved yourself from a dramatic, lovecraftian descent into madness
I had to stop about halfway and give myself a break. It's comical - yes, but I can feel my brain cells offing themselves from trying to follow what he's saying. Beyond the outrageous shit, its just nonsense fr
You live with him, as in his country, but other countries are beginning to realize what is at risk. We won't survive a nuclear winter. Nor a billionaire for profit destruction summer. We can only hope he is just blabbering, like he did before.
i trust that if he says something I need to know about I'll hear it through the grapevine. I cannot STAND listening to his voice and his awful fucking rhetoric oh my god
No, since he changes his mind constantly. Watch the actions not the words of people in power, this applies far more to the broznered Drump than most others.
It’s a hard balance to both stay informed enough to respond quickly to keep marginalized communities safe and also uphold a boundaries and find space away from the calculated ways Trump and associates are attempting keep attention on themselves and the harmful ideologies they want to normalize.
I hate that man so much. I block out most of what he says. I’m worried he’s going to hide some terrible but not as insane sounding things in there and I’m going to miss it.
I can't think of any reason TO listen to a fucking word he says. Since corporate media has fully capitulated, that means no reason to watch "news" at all. I will watch Jimmy Carter's service at the National Cathedral, but I'm sure I can do that without MSNBC, CNN or any other corporate media.
No, it's self-preservation.
Unfortunately, for those like me in Canada, we kinda have to listen a bit just enough to respond "there isn't a snowball's chance in hell", which is Canadian for "fuck off, you twat"
No, I think that Trump as, posibly the least effective President, in modern history is unlikely to be able to do any of the things that he is threatening and this (and Musk) is simply cover for what crazy he may actually do.
Watch out for the Project 2025 being implemented behind the scenes. Also watch out for the huge tax cuts for the rich. Watch out for the NRA and the propagandist churches.
Sure but this is out in the open and has been for a while now. I don't even think you have to intentionally distract people anymore. The system functions perfectly to ensnare peoples attention via rage and fear.
If you don't listen - you're not aware of the genesis of the current crazy that's gonna hit you in some way.
Yet if you don't listen - you can skip entire cycles of crazy that suddenly get skipped when Trump changes his mind, counters his own words, or gets fixated on the new crazy.
I'm waiting for a tiktok or reddit thread that breaks down the dangerous shit and things to be wary of. His voice makes me want to hurl myself(or him) feet first into a wood chipper
Not in the least. I am looking forward to Vance and the heritage foundation throwing him under the bus. Though I can do without their attempt of theocratic rule
It's for the better. Pay more attention to the consolidation of corporations and CEOs towards Trump, and how the government will serve mostly to help them beyond all else.
There's not really any merit in listening to anything Trump says. He's like an infomercial that drones on and on, and for people who are sane, they already know the product is garbage and they change the channel.
Nah. It’ll go through a series of washings and changings amidst the constant onslaught of his words. Eventually, parts of what he says will bear terrible fruit and we will have to deal with that as it ripens. Protest and push back in a general way and fight like hell against the specific shit.
I am so tired oh hearing him and his cronies... I just want to make fun webcomics in peace without the fear he brings with every hate-filled thought he utters.
You know that somewhere in his little brain, he was not happy that the Year-End celebrations took over the media landscape for a few weeks, so he felt the need to say the most outrageous things, just to be back on the front page. Never underestimate his narcissism.
His plan:
* Distract - Focus on top 1% issues
* Divide - don’t argue on social media, amplifies wrong stuff
* Dominate - protect everyone’s freedoms and human rights
Ignore as much as possible, and avoid repeating distracting keywords or phrases, obfuscate if necessary
no
we have to do it differently this time
what he has to say at any moment is not worth your time and from experience it's clear it's more diversion than anything else
Problem is, all the people who had previously been reassuring everyone that we you unplug and preserve your own mental health will TURN ON YOU IN A NANOSECOND and say "YOU'RE NOT RESISTING ENOUGH!"
He clearly doesn't care what comes out of his mouth, but we have to... because if he follows through on even 1% of what he says, we're all in for a bad, bad, bad time.
Nope. I’m not going it again. We already know his MO, unleash a firehose of bullshit every day, nonstop, for 4 years. Every day crazier than the next. I’m not listening to any of it. I’ll pay attention to the things he does, not his ramblings. He’s got the brain scramblies.
No. What isn't misdirection is dementia. He's so disconnected from the truth, he has no idea what it is. I mean, other sovereign countries become states of the USA? Dear Lord.
Bro we're back on the Trump 24/7 outrage train. If only there was a media that only reported his actions and actively ignored what he says. Alas, we're a dumb form of creature and so we must suffer
nah same, I want to stay informed but I just don’t have the energy to get wrapped up around shit he says that is just that: him saying shit. Soooo much of the shit he wants to do is just not even logistically possible on so many levels 💀💀💀
Lord grant me this skill. Why do I believe him? He’s a dipshit, but I believe him. Some sycophant gave him the idea, and I think they will do the weird shit they say they will do
Not listening to that gasbag ever again. It's all lies and gibberish anyway. I'll do what I can to help vulnerable people when it's time. But no, I'm keeping that trash out of my earholes, permanently.
"don't trust his words" " he's not actually going to do it" are the same things his supporters said the first time around. If we don't take it seriously, it's going to get a lot more serious.
Look at the big beautiful wall Mexico paid for. His crazy stuff is a distraction a lot of the time. We need to watch for what he actually does cause it’s worse but also less crazy-splash.
It’s alright. It’ll be irrelevant next week when he changes everything he believe in when he finds either another donor with a bag of money or something his “enemies” agree with him on. Example: Tik Tok or immigrant workers.
He’s not listening. His cult won’t listen. You don’t need to respond. You need to set an example of clarity and calmness so when they all run out of energy and patience with him they can follow it.
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If instead you'd prefer to just enjoy life, then it's perfectly fine to ignore all that nonsense.
But honestly I'm starting to wonder if maybe I was wrong about that and we should, in fact, just ignore him at this point.
Clearly when he says "America First" he really means "America, Alone."
He is creating distractions. Never forget his objective is always distractions to what he’s really doing.
Unfortunately, for those like me in Canada, we kinda have to listen a bit just enough to respond "there isn't a snowball's chance in hell", which is Canadian for "fuck off, you twat"
No, I think that Trump as, posibly the least effective President, in modern history is unlikely to be able to do any of the things that he is threatening and this (and Musk) is simply cover for what crazy he may actually do.
Yet if you don't listen - you can skip entire cycles of crazy that suddenly get skipped when Trump changes his mind, counters his own words, or gets fixated on the new crazy.
#darkesttimeline
@hankgreen.bsky.social what is your favorite sound?
Listening? No.
But we need to be aware of the general trends.
Deny, defend, depose.
* Distract - Focus on top 1% issues
* Divide - don’t argue on social media, amplifies wrong stuff
* Dominate - protect everyone’s freedoms and human rights
Ignore as much as possible, and avoid repeating distracting keywords or phrases, obfuscate if necessary
Use Conversational Judo
Keep the line clear for critical stuff.
we have to do it differently this time
what he has to say at any moment is not worth your time and from experience it's clear it's more diversion than anything else
I, for one, WILL be listening to a lot of Cannibal Corpse and various Egyptian Black Metal, in my own keep-sane process.
Or capacity, for that matter. But mostly desire.
that said shit's about to get real dangerous, so.
Then I could stay informed AND sane.
No one will know if he means any of it until he does something, so there's not a lot of point in getting worked up.
If I were Panama I'd probably be doing some contingency planning, but for random citizens there's nothing you can do anyway.
makes more sense then what ever he really says
Its going to be a shit show either way, i dont need the details on what or why or how.
The implications are incredibly dire