1y ago

Trump Says ‘You Can Be Evil’ Because ‘There’s Only One Thing That Matters, and That’s Ratings’

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17164041

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1y ago

Trump Says ‘You Can Be Evil’ Because ‘There’s Only One Thing That Matters, and That’s Ratings’

www.mediaite.com /tv/trump-says-you-can-be-evil-because-theres-only-one-thing-that-matters-and-thats-ratings/

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Too many full / coherent sentences... obviously fake. 😁
- I was thinking the same thing, this quote is either 20 years old or fake.
- Normally, but malignantly narcissistic behaviour is just about the only subject on which he is a passionate expert.
As far as being successful in the US, he's right. I hate that this is who we are.
I see orange man knows his Goebbels well.
How the shit does someone not just Lee Harvey Oswald this man already? There've been better men killed for worse reasons.
- If the assassination of Julius Caesar became a model for the effective removal of a tyrant, it was also a powerful reminder that getting rid of a tyrant did not necessarily dispose of tyranny.
  -Dame Mary Beard
- It's mostly right wingers who murder for political reasons. When you know deep down your worldview is a snakepit, that's when you decide to take the law into your own hands like that.
  
  OK so this was Interesting so I dug into it
  John Wilkes Booth was part of the Know Nothing Party a left leaning party
  Lee Harvey Oswald was a socialist which is left leaning
  Both women that shot at Gerald R Ford were part of different left leaning programs
  Actually looks like most of the assissinations are done from left leaning individuals. Not that I'm taking sides on that matter just a cursory Google search
- 21st century custom would seem to suggest a limited yield warhead delivered via FPV drone, whilst another recon drone films both.
  Yes, the required moral barrier warranting it has long been cleared... It was past deserved back in the central park five days.
- You talk as if being an evil politician is a predictor of being assassinated. That’s 100% the opposite of how that works.
  
  Yeah it's the good ones that get murdered by people like trump and his dumb followers.
I dislike Trump as much as the next sane, intelligent human, but context matters. The ways specifically talking about going to NBC and running a show. And there, yes, ratings are all that matters.
"People liking me is more important than anything else in my life."
- People ~~liking~~ paying attention to me is more important than anything else in my life
  Like a shitty child, he's just looking for attention. Good or bad, attention is attention. Bad attention is easier to get so here we are.
- Some people never leave high school...
Actually what trump said is “You can be nice” because “the only thing that matters is ratings”.
See? I can do bullshit too.
- Yeah I despise Trump but we don't need to ignore context to make him look bad. He does that plenty without the quote mining
Stupid american politicians aside, I hate how this community is just US news nowadays.
Yeah I know it's because of the significant inherent overlap, but do we not have some /c/usnews or such?
- I propose USA National Television & News, or /c/UNTnews for short.
- Stupid american politicians aside
  ..that's like 60% of the headlines in the world that fit this community hand waved away.. 80% if you only count the ones in English.
  It's like going to a baker and complaining that there's too many flour-based products..
  
  You seriously underestimate the stupidity of the global community.
YEAH!!!!! RUNNING MAN!!!! Let's do this people. It is the logical next step. We have cameras, audience, and contestants. This would be a money maker for advertisers.
He acknowledges then that he is evil!?
- In reality: yes.
  In the minds of his cult following: nope, talking about Democrats, somehow, or joking.

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