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Initech

(100,104 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 10:17 PM Jul 2019

Can 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.

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Initech

(100,104 posts)
4. I don't follow him, but I don't block him either.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 10:31 PM
Jul 2019

And I've reported his viciousness a few times.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
2. To hell with just his Twitter account
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 10:24 PM
Jul 2019

I wish the MSM would ignore most of the shit he says/does. He manipulates them like crazy.

Crunchy Frog

(26,646 posts)
3. He's more like a malignant tumor than a troll.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 10:28 PM
Jul 2019

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.

dalton99a

(81,590 posts)
6. We are ruled by a deranged attention whore.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 10:34 PM
Jul 2019

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.

RainCaster

(10,916 posts)
9. He is a piece of fecal matter that Twitter needs to disable
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:00 PM
Jul 2019

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)
10. That is the problem he wants attention.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:04 PM
Jul 2019

I do think there needs to be a reaction. Trump needs to be told he is mentally ill.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
11. Yes, please.
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:28 PM
Jul 2019

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.

Initech

(100,104 posts)
13. Then what will?
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:40 PM
Jul 2019

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)
14. Unfortunately,
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:43 PM
Jul 2019

because of the office he holds the media have to keep the public informed about what he's doing.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
15. He full out told that social media group he tweets for attention
Sun Jul 14, 2019, 11:48 PM
Jul 2019

Its is a phenomenon of our age, the attention

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
16. Not to sound snippy here, but you are preaching to the choir
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 12:10 AM
Jul 2019

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)
17. Lol...I've had every Republican politician on mute since 1980.
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 02:31 AM
Jul 2019

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)
18. Consider that he's occupying the office of the President Of the United States now...
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 12:19 PM
Jul 2019

....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.

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