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Definitely not a dictator(ule) (files.catbox.moe)

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[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Am I right that the most charitable possible interpretation is that he only needs four more years to permanently fix the country, and then he’ll leave office, and the country will be so great forever that it’d be OK not to vote - because the country is so perfect and beautiful?

It’s a stupid thing to say given the horrible horrible possible other interpretation (dictator for life). But I wonder what his buddies and apologists would claim he meant.

[-] abfarid@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

No, my actual interpretation is explained in another response. I'm still very confused how people think that I'm in any way pro-Trump, while I called him moronic in the same comment. And this was your "most charitable" interpretation?
Tl;dr: I was taking about media blowing it out of proportion based on how he said it, causing desensitization.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

Fair point. You seemed to have the most nuanced response in the thread, so offering too little context I jumped into a question for you about what he could have actually meant if not “I’ll be a dictator forever”. And indeed, I found some apologists responding to criticism, and they did sound like they took what I imagined was the most charitable interpretation of what the ex-president said.

Were I in the media, I’d try to run a headline that squashed in that felon president said something shocking libs who interpreted dictator rhetoric while proponents only heard boasting or positive thinking.