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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan We Just Collectively Put Trump On Ignore?
Trump is a troll. That's all he is. That's all he does is troll people. And today? It was nothing more than an exercise in trolling. Those tweets were designed to do 2 things: get us riiled up and get his base riled up. And it worked. He got exactly what he wanted.
The easiest way to stop a troll is to not pay attention to them. I know that is a bit more difficult because he's the president. But hurting his Twitter account by ignoring / blocking / reporting him would actually hurt his ego.
So rather than get mad, let's get even. And the way you get even with a troll is to pretend that that they don't exist. If we all put him on ignore, maybe he might come to his senses. It's a pretty big maybe but it's better than igniting the outrage machine, because that's exactly what he wants.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)they help to feed his narcissism
Initech
(100,104 posts)And I've reported his viciousness a few times.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)I wish the MSM would ignore most of the shit he says/does. He manipulates them like crazy.
Crunchy Frog
(26,646 posts)Ignoring him will NOT make him go away.
That doesn't mean that we have to hang on his every tweet, but ignoring him is not an option.
struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)OrlandoDem2
(2,066 posts)dalton99a
(81,590 posts)There should be a worldwide campaign to unfollow him. If he has something worthwhile to say that is job-related, he knows what to do.
elleng
(131,127 posts)as it will, likely, drive him FURTHER bonkers.
RainCaster
(10,916 posts)Any other person in the world who says this racist shit would be banned, but not DFT. Twitter needs to hear our displeasure, IMO.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)I do think there needs to be a reaction. Trump needs to be told he is mentally ill.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Stop responding to this fool.
If he's cranky, he's late for his nap. Don't play his game and never play defense. Thank you for posting this because I thought I was alone.
Everyone just stop. He's a silly old man, who may have a title but he stole it. He gives nothing to the American experience. Stop jumping for him, we're not beans.
marble falls
(57,240 posts)Initech
(100,104 posts)I mean today he set a trap and we fell right into it, what will make him stop? I'm guessing nothing at this point.
moondust
(20,006 posts)because of the office he holds the media have to keep the public informed about what he's doing.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Its is a phenomenon of our age, the attention
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)The real question is, How do we get everyone else to put him on "ignore?" And the fucking MSM?! He's just like a gorilla at the zoo. He does a little jig and everyone laughs. Then, when everyone starts to ignore him, he throws shit. And my God his cage in the WH is covered in shit! For his next act he will be drinking his own pee. Because America will get tired of the latest bullshittery sooner or later and he will need to move on to something even more obscene.
ME =
pecosbob
(7,543 posts)Friends would ask why I would turn down the volume on the news all the time and I would respond that I wasn't looking to spend what little time here on Earth listening to bullshit. It was probably Newt Gingrich that sent me over the edge.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,198 posts)....you can't realistically do that.
That ship has sailed. If you had said this back in June 2015, it would carry a lot more weight.