My only comment here is that Trump deserves his people and his people deserve him. Even when they boo him he basks in the attention. Even when he tells them the truth they beg for more lies. It’s a match made in…somewhere.
That sort of blanket indictment is clever but only partially true. It doesn't really lead to civil discussion. But, it's your website. You'll have to turn it into a money maker with only one voice.
To the contrary, it’s provably true. Why would anyone go to a rally held by a former president who has not announced if he’s running, to hear him repeat many things he’s said for years? Is this a movement? Consistently, Trump thrives—needs—public attention. Adulation if he can get it, or at least fixation if he can’t, by as large a crowd as possible. Coming down off being president is not easy for anyone, but especially difficult for Trump. The crowds who go to his rallies are self-selected, his people. Many of them believe lies about the vaccines that Trump himself never told. But they want him to tell those lies. Instead he tells them other lies and they live for it. I’m sorry that it’s this way. It shouldn’t be and it’s sad. I wish Trump had done a more competent job in office. I wish his desire for adulation didn’t fuel his effort to subvert and suborn the 2020 election. I wish his people didn’t break in to the Capitol. But it all happened. And believe me, Trump and his people (the ones who self-select to go to his rallies) would do it again.
As for this website, I believe we are as fair and diverse on Trump as any. If we were after sensational headlines we’d go for the Never Trump audience and dwell on the lies. I have never done that. Trump did quite a bit I agree with. Money was never the primary object. I’ve seen what happens to sites where it is.
I may be wrong but it appears almost every post from you and David is either a lead in to bash Trump or it's just a matter of style to work it in somehow. I'm not picky about who is President so long as I can mostly agree with them. Joe Biden is not one of those.
I've never been to one, but Trump fanatics probably go to his rallies to hear the repeated theme for the same reason I watch Grand Ole Opry reruns - the entertainment value.
Alex Jones is calling Trump an idiot for pushing the vaccine: this, paired with the boos at the rally, will likely mean Trump doesn't try to push it again.
Also: we've got full FDA approval for the Pfizer vax, so expect mandates from businesses to start flying.
I thought for a while that Alex Jones no longer had a radio talk show due to him spreading lies about Sandy Hook. Looks like I'm wrong, unfortunately. It'd be quite the irony if Alex has greater pull among hard core Trump supporters than Trump himself. I'm wondering though, if Alex calling Trump an idiot, will persuade him to do otherwise(as he did to Steve Bannon, when the latter was caught trashing him privately). Trump does have a very short term memory, and maybe he'll forget what Alex said about him and push the vax. Who knows though? My guess is just my guess, and we'll have to see what happens.
It is good to see the FDA finally approve one of the Covid-19 vax. That is awesome. These business mandates we've seen and that we'll continue to see is the best kind of carrot and stick out there. Maybe not a stick, but a big 2 by 4 to whack these stubborn anti-vax mules into getting vaxxed.
I think that while some of the Trump base will not listen to Trump(there are a few who were notorious anti-vaxxers even before Trump came unto the political scene in 2015. And Trump's words of encouragement won't change their minds), there are others that have and will. I also think the sharp rise of hospitalizations due to the Delta variant and subsequent deaths resulting from it, are waking a lot of people up. Not everyone among the vax-hesitant is a hardened anti-vaxxer. Trump-skeptic conservatives like you David, me, and many others who comment at the Racket News, will not have the same reach to these vax hesitant Trump supporters as he and other prominent supporters. While I wish that Trump did more of this months ago, I'll appreciate anything pro-vax that comes from his mouth. A life saved is a live saved, and a good thing.
My only comment here is that Trump deserves his people and his people deserve him. Even when they boo him he basks in the attention. Even when he tells them the truth they beg for more lies. It’s a match made in…somewhere.
That sort of blanket indictment is clever but only partially true. It doesn't really lead to civil discussion. But, it's your website. You'll have to turn it into a money maker with only one voice.
To the contrary, it’s provably true. Why would anyone go to a rally held by a former president who has not announced if he’s running, to hear him repeat many things he’s said for years? Is this a movement? Consistently, Trump thrives—needs—public attention. Adulation if he can get it, or at least fixation if he can’t, by as large a crowd as possible. Coming down off being president is not easy for anyone, but especially difficult for Trump. The crowds who go to his rallies are self-selected, his people. Many of them believe lies about the vaccines that Trump himself never told. But they want him to tell those lies. Instead he tells them other lies and they live for it. I’m sorry that it’s this way. It shouldn’t be and it’s sad. I wish Trump had done a more competent job in office. I wish his desire for adulation didn’t fuel his effort to subvert and suborn the 2020 election. I wish his people didn’t break in to the Capitol. But it all happened. And believe me, Trump and his people (the ones who self-select to go to his rallies) would do it again.
As for this website, I believe we are as fair and diverse on Trump as any. If we were after sensational headlines we’d go for the Never Trump audience and dwell on the lies. I have never done that. Trump did quite a bit I agree with. Money was never the primary object. I’ve seen what happens to sites where it is.
I may be wrong but it appears almost every post from you and David is either a lead in to bash Trump or it's just a matter of style to work it in somehow. I'm not picky about who is President so long as I can mostly agree with them. Joe Biden is not one of those.
I've never been to one, but Trump fanatics probably go to his rallies to hear the repeated theme for the same reason I watch Grand Ole Opry reruns - the entertainment value.
Agreed.
Alex Jones is calling Trump an idiot for pushing the vaccine: this, paired with the boos at the rally, will likely mean Trump doesn't try to push it again.
Also: we've got full FDA approval for the Pfizer vax, so expect mandates from businesses to start flying.
I thought for a while that Alex Jones no longer had a radio talk show due to him spreading lies about Sandy Hook. Looks like I'm wrong, unfortunately. It'd be quite the irony if Alex has greater pull among hard core Trump supporters than Trump himself. I'm wondering though, if Alex calling Trump an idiot, will persuade him to do otherwise(as he did to Steve Bannon, when the latter was caught trashing him privately). Trump does have a very short term memory, and maybe he'll forget what Alex said about him and push the vax. Who knows though? My guess is just my guess, and we'll have to see what happens.
It is good to see the FDA finally approve one of the Covid-19 vax. That is awesome. These business mandates we've seen and that we'll continue to see is the best kind of carrot and stick out there. Maybe not a stick, but a big 2 by 4 to whack these stubborn anti-vax mules into getting vaxxed.
I think that while some of the Trump base will not listen to Trump(there are a few who were notorious anti-vaxxers even before Trump came unto the political scene in 2015. And Trump's words of encouragement won't change their minds), there are others that have and will. I also think the sharp rise of hospitalizations due to the Delta variant and subsequent deaths resulting from it, are waking a lot of people up. Not everyone among the vax-hesitant is a hardened anti-vaxxer. Trump-skeptic conservatives like you David, me, and many others who comment at the Racket News, will not have the same reach to these vax hesitant Trump supporters as he and other prominent supporters. While I wish that Trump did more of this months ago, I'll appreciate anything pro-vax that comes from his mouth. A life saved is a live saved, and a good thing.
It would be amazing if a political party put themselves out of power by literally killing their voters with lies and conspiracies.