08-14-2018, 06:56 PM
(08-14-2018, 11:14 AM)GMDino Wrote: You realize he was a VERY public figure long before he ran for President (again) in 2015...right?
His personality is to create controversy, insist he is always right, call anyone who opposes anything he says or does name, etc...
He is as divisive a person as there has ever been...let alone in politics.
I mean most people know he's a charlatan and conman, but some think he speaks the truth. So pointing out how he lies (constantly) for example isn't vitriol...it's just the truth. If the truth bothers his supporters/defenders I can't help that.
Yeah I remember how Bush was flamed in a similar manner by Hollywood, musicians and the media, so...
And tbh, Trump wasn't exactly compared to Hitler prior to running, either. I don't recall anyone dropping the racist bomb on him prior to 2016, and he's always been a very public figure.
(08-14-2018, 11:29 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I'm going to have to disagree with this. I haven't seen more violence against Trump's likeness than I saw against Obama. There has certainly been more violence at protests, but the blame has been shared equally between far right and far left groups.
Also, the #WalkAway movement is not some organic thing that liberals are doing. People switch political affiliation all of the time. In this case, most of the twitter accounts retweeting the hashtag are linked to Pro-Trump accounts or Russian accounts. The cool thing about twitter is there are a ton of tools to see how these things start and are spread:
https://arcdigital.media/pro-trump-russian-linked-twitter-accounts-are-posing-as-ex-democrats-in-new-astroturfed-movement-20359c1906d3
There is also the fact that the memes being shared are fake and used stock photos.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walkaway-campaign-stock-photos/
Well there is the problem that the people heading #WalkAway didn't make those memes using stock photos.
Quote:"I don’t know who created the memes. I first saw them within the last week. Anything officially released by the #WalkAway Campaign will bear our “branding” and trademark. Many people are excited and energized about #WalkAway, and in this excitement have created their own materials which are not approved or condoned by the official #WalkAway Campaign."
"#WalkAway will exist beyond social media but currently does not. It is an LLC, and will exist soon as a non-profit, but currently we are building toward this." - Brandon Straka, the founder of the movement
Quote:These memes have nothing 2do w/ the #WalkAway Campaign. They’re being circulated by the left as evidence that #WalkAway is paid actors. ???
So, in a rare moment of agreement, I am on the same page as those on the left- this is fake. These r not from the #WalkAwayCampaign. pic.twitter.com/nN3kNlBAsr
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