• anguo@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    The title is pretty misleading. Not only is it taken out context, warping the emphasis, this is actually said by another person, to which Trump replied “yes, yes”.

    Don’t take me wrong, it’s still a pretty terrible thing to say/agree with, but not at all what the title implies.

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      2 months ago

      It is exactly what the title implies. “Yes, yes” is agreement, and those words are what Trump believes. Or claims to believe, assuming he has the brains to believe anything at all.

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        2 months ago

        Except you used quotation marks to intentionally mislead users.

        Either the title should be edited, or this post this should be removed.

        Edit: lol this guy is the sole mod for this /c/. Easiest unsubscribe and community block in a while.

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          2 months ago

          I guess reporting them for spreading lies won’t be useful, then…

          Those are the techniques the MAGA idiots are supposed to use. We need to do better than this.

        • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldOPM
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          2 months ago

          It amuses me what offends some folks — oh my, the quotation marks — and what doesn’t. Ta-ta, though, and keep clutching those pearls.

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        2 months ago

        Your title doesn’t just imply but clearly portrays this as a direct quote from Trump. "Trump on [topic]” followed by double quotes doesn’t leave much room for imagination.

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          2 months ago

          The distinction between saying the words and saying “Yes, yes” is nada to me, so I guess I’ll never make the team at the New York Times.