an accurate description of donald trump's character is per se libel. an accurate description of his policies is a call for revolution. one of his great superpowers is that he generates self-censoring facts. - ThreadSky

theophite.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

an accurate description of donald trump's character is per se libel. an accurate description of his policies is a call for revolution. one of his great superpowers is that he generates self-censoring facts.

Reposted from rev. howard arson

even with a single layer of indirection, talking about this seems unsafe, but the entire rule limiting how heated rhetoric can get serves as a curb on discussing what is happening honestly.

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erichdelang.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Someone get Marion Wheeler on the horn.

roland00.bsky.social•14 hours ago

I earnestly believe the rich and powerful having NDAs for their own workers and staff

combine with the threats to sue media, papers, etc

help create a reality distortion field (something … I can not nail down like quantity of how much, or quality of how large)

rulertrace.bsky.social•22 hours ago

This kernel of truth led to one of the most common defenses of the capitulation of legacy media during the campaigns. Describing Harris and Trump side by side in literal, objective terms made you sound like the world's most hysterical Dem loyalist, so they turned to sane washing Trump.

smullins3000.bsky.social•19 hours ago

I think this is partly true but it's also that they wanted Trump to win. Reporters saying things like "we are so back" during the first Trump press conference demonstrates it.

rulertrace.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Absolutely agreed. I think that this came up as a possible defense for their actions from outsiders a lot more often than being true, but it resonates with me as having legs just because yeah. Prosecutor versus rapist felon seems unfair even if though it's just factual.

smullins3000.bsky.social•18 hours ago

The "liberal" press created the "he's an unlikeable dork" storyline around Gore and then ran it often enough to make it stick with a lot of voters. And don't start me on butter emails.

Someone want to tell me they couldn't do that to Trump with "rapist and felon"?

chathamharrison.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Why cross the line of calling Trump a rapist & a felon (with all the political commitments that implies; you can't just say that shit & move on) when they could enjoy the press gaggles instead?

royx.bsky.social•15 hours ago

yeah I'm convinced that half the reason the media won't say it is that they'd then feel obligated to act accordingly, which they can't afford to do.

grizpapa.bsky.social•15 hours ago

4 years of reality TV drama coming at you every day. It makes a reporter's job so much more exciting and sells a lot of advertising as people tune in to see what fresh hell he launched today and whether it's their turn to get screwed.

piercee.bsky.social•14 hours ago

📌

honorabledoofus.bsky.social•22 hours ago

This superpower works disturbingly well alongside anytime someone tries to explain accurately in the clearest of terms what Republicans’ own stated positions are and what they want to do with power. People still don’t believe you and cant fathom that GOP policies are as deliberately evil as they are

grizpapa.bsky.social•15 hours ago

Yay for techno-feudalism! The new MAGA motto - "I wanna be a Serf!"

mattweiner19.bsky.social•22 hours ago

and repeating the proposal he made in 2016 for dealing with judges of the opposite party would arguably be a federal crime

davidjorgonson.bsky.social•23 hours ago

"It's the ruler's actions that create rebellion, not my words" is an old argument for the right to freely say radical things

randyhermanlaw.com•14 hours ago

Yeah but then he announces himself loudly on TV so all you need to do is show people his own words

libdemo.bsky.social•10 hours ago

The King in Orange.

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