Giacomo54Dec 17, 2023
Dan Gillmor
Trump: I will be dictator.
Media: Trump says he wants to be a dictator, but others say he's not really serious.
Trump: I want to be dictator and destroy the news media I don't control.
Media: There goes Trump again, ha ha.
Trump: I can't wait to put you in prison.
Media: Wowzer! Haley is ahead of DeSantis.
Dec 17, 2023 at 1:00amWeb
Show threadDani 🍁Dec 17, 2023
@dangillmor I know. It's a mad world we live in.
Show threadLivia PonzioDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor pretty accurate!
Show threadrobert daniel pickardDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor
Media: if the left didn't try to get trump prosecuted he wouldn't feel the need to be a dictator
Show threadNew ViewsDec 17, 2023
@rdp @dangillmor The Left is not the reason Trump is in trouble with the law but then you know this already. It's republicans that testified against Mr Trump and his law breaking.
Show threadGrassroots JoeDec 17, 2023

@rdp @dangillmor

I do believe you lost your snark tags:

<snark>... </snark>

Show threadJoshua HallerDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor it still baffles me how people think it ‘won’t be that bad’ but when has that idiot ever done anything that wasn’t worse than expectations? Even lowered expectations can’t be met
Show threadDelricDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor They really do have a disorder
Show threadcloudimpDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor
Ratings are everything, and nothing trumps good ratings like Trump.
Show threadGrumbleDec 17, 2023

@dangillmor Suppose Trump wants to be a fascist dictator, and has the majority of the GOP voters ready to support his fascist dictatorship.

If Trump wins, then the rest of us will have to fight the fascist dictatorship in the streets.

If Trump loses, the fascists - because they are hell bent on fascist dictatorship - will revolt and the rest of us will have to fight them in the streets.

Or, just maybe, the chance of a fascist dictatorship is being blown out of proportion by the DNC.

But just to be safe, you might want to get your black block gear ready.

Show threadJylieDec 17, 2023
@grumble209 @dangillmor let me explain something to you, do you understand fascism vs anarchy? under any leader is what is called fascism, fascism is a ruled from the top down system, where anarchy is ruled from the bottom up. would you say that maga is in control of the laws in place currently? authoritarianism is the either ruling party to use all executive powers to ensure total control.
Show threadjoesutherlandDec 17, 2023
@grumble209 @dangillmor you’re already in one. If you’re not fighting now, you won’t do anything later.
Show threadGiacomo54Dec 17, 2023
@dangillmor Trump's best friends, staff, people close to this fool say, "HE IS NOT KIDDING". Camps for lefties, dems, VERMIN. Poison blood in his enemies! 'The Rise of Hitler' youtube is all you need to see and you got Donald J Trump 2015-2023. I am NOT KIDDING either!!! jh, US Army Veteran SGT, Investigator NATO Germany. *I rented a home from former Nazi SS officer, 14 yrs. prison after NUREMBERG TRIALS. 1974 he rented his rental home on farm to US SOLDIERS. Me. 74-77. General Haig permission,
Show threadPaul SchoeDec 24, 2023

Or try this video , an anti-facism move from the USA Department of the Army from 1945 titled:
Don't be a Sucker.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAqYNFQdZ4

@Giacomo54 @dangillmor

Don't Be a Sucker

National Archives Identifier: 24376Local Identifier: 111-EF-6https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24376Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. ...

YouTube
Show threadGVF 🇨🇦Dec 17, 2023

@dangillmor

Mein Kampf was right there.

And much of free Europe didn't think Hitler was dangerous.

"The Art of Destroying American Democracy and Becoming King"

Oh, that silly Trump.

Show threadcharvakaDec 17, 2023

@dangillmor

This is the way to ratings and corporate profits.

Our system optimizes for corporate profits, not for crazy nonsense like democracy.

Show threadAsarielDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor That old mam is either a serous threat to America as a whole and the Russians are wishing him to be elected (so he could cause the more damage to America and thus America is out of the way). He is even worse than a corrupt politician. He is a megalomaniac with a collar and leash on Putin's hand. Anyone else is better than him.
Show threadBarbara MonacoDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor 2016 vibe. Very unsettling.
Show threaddarth33Dec 17, 2023
@dangillmor
Show threadJylieDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor is that hyperbole or rhetoric? what is the saying, it isn't a paranoia if someone is out to get you?
Show threadRichardDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor Media: Trump says he wants to be a dictator. Here's how that's bad for Biden.
Show threadAdlangxDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor I'm not overly concerned about his elderly and dipshit fans taking over cities. These people have no chance.
Show threadAdlangxDec 17, 2023

@dangillmor It's actually ridiculous that a bunch of people think that Trump winning an election will suddenly make people bow to his whims.

I mean, what are you even talking about dude?

Show threadcraftycatDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor Anyone who votes for the known pedophile and terrorist with the claim that he's not serious should be held fully responsible for all his crimes. He's already shown that he is serious, a toddler could see that.
Show threadDirk RitterDec 17, 2023

@dangillmor

Fourth estate, but the other way around, i.e. working in concert with the fascists and not against them.

Show threadarrbeeDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor
Maybe, just maybe, the media coverage is explained by the bosses being very aware how serious Trump and those behind him are.
Show threadArthurDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor trump: evil smiling Grinch face
Show threadxs4me2Dec 17, 2023

@dangillmor

This 👆

Wake up!

Show threadCoated Ambassadors Everywhere!Dec 17, 2023
@dangillmor Isn‘t „Media“ simply enterprises seeing business opportunities in another Trump presidency?
Show threadClive ThompsonDec 17, 2023

@dangillmor

Basically, yeah

Show threadDanielleDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor sharing your brilliant observations on Spoutible. Hope you don’t mind.
Show threadvolkrisDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor I mean, he’s not serious, because the US system of government doesn’t give a person that option.
Show threadBridgetDec 17, 2023
@dangillmor pretty much yeah
Show threadWeyoun 6Dec 18, 2023

@dangillmor

"Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so violent or genuine as it sounded." - New York Times, 1922

https://www.vox.com/2015/2/11/8016017/ny-times-hitler

The New York Times’ first article about Hitler’s rise is absolutely stunning

Vox
Show threadSteffen ChristensenDec 18, 2023
@dangillmor It's not even a joke, Dan.
You're just... *reporting*.
Show threadKickstinkDec 24, 2023
@dangillmor “His open racism/sexism/transphobia and repeated attempts to subvert democracy made him quite a divisive figure who is accused of untruths”.
Show threadSilversaltyDec 30, 2023

@dangillmor
Just one .. JUST ONE of the outrages about Israeli behavior is how unfavorable media is targeted for killing by sniper or smart bomb, yet the coverage doesn't seem to 'target' the reality.

A Trump dream?