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CapnSteve

(273 posts)
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 11:13 AM Nov 2023

Everything that criminal does, everything, is to do one thing:

1) Stay in the headlines. 2) Stay in the headlines. 3) Stay in the headlines!

Celebrity via outrage is his only trick. The best way to defeat him is to give him no oxygen. Don't click on the clickbait, turn off the tv when they talk about him, etc. If enough of us do this, then the media will see a correlation - when we report on Donnie, we lose viewers and revenue - and he will fade. Convicted, disgraced, ignored and then, finally, invisible.

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Everything that criminal does, everything, is to do one thing: (Original Post) CapnSteve Nov 2023 OP
ironically you just posted about him! LOL! Blues Heron Nov 2023 #1
Myself and probably a lot of others.. chouchou Nov 2023 #2
The OP is actually right...No such thing as bad publicity kwolf68 Nov 2023 #3
Exactly! CapnSteve Nov 2023 #4
Then like the evil version of This Is Spinal Tap? ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #6
I don't listen to the news as much disablegamer Nov 2023 #5

chouchou

(1,505 posts)
2. Myself and probably a lot of others..
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 11:22 AM
Nov 2023

...have been doing that for some time.
Actually, it's quite refreshing to not hear a cornucopia of stale bullshit.
Having said that, the news is getting childish by the year. "McDonald's has a new sandwich!!!"
(this is news?)

kwolf68

(7,876 posts)
3. The OP is actually right...No such thing as bad publicity
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 11:28 AM
Nov 2023

He is like a fledgling rock band who no longer writes any good music, but is so out of control, dysfunctional and psychotic that people can't help but pick up the latest CD.

The WORST thing for Trump, the ONE THING that would kill him would be to ignore him. But that I am afraid isn't happening anytime soon. Even people who hate him can't look away. It's the psychology of the masses and it's what lead to the rise of 20th century fascist rulers.

CapnSteve

(273 posts)
4. Exactly!
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 11:46 AM
Nov 2023

I know it is futile and will not happen, but as Martin Luther said (some controversy over this, but still an apropos quote):

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree."

 

disablegamer

(85 posts)
5. I don't listen to the news as much
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 12:01 PM
Nov 2023

Even MSNBC. I get tired of the non stop Trump and trying to make it normal for how he acts.

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