I nominate "Trump should be taken seriously but not literally" as the stupidest high profile US political comment of the decade.
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Telling an entire sub population they need to act differently in response to one malevolent actor is tilting at windmills.
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Oh do you mean it’s just as silly for me to expect the Outrage Crew not to get Outraged?
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That’s why it’s “seriously” but not “literally”. Currently Trump points a toy gun. Everyone knows it’s a toy gun. Liberals take a dive and act appalled. The common man rolls their eyes. You don’t need to pull out your own toy gun. But you need to continue with business.
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People not threatened “know it’s a toy gun.” His base wants him to load it. It is appalling. And his aids even took the Greenland “troll” seriously.
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face every time he says something outrageous.
We *all know* he’s a unqualified blowhard. It’s not shocking.
Biting the bullet on being trolled will never work. That’s just begging for 4 more years.