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‘Clown’ Donald Trump slammed for AI-generated pope post (www.independent.co.uk)

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Trump said he would be his own first choice to become the next pope

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here we go again.

Rule #1: Don’t feed the trolls. It’s amazing how the press and public just can’t figure that out.

[–] RyanDownyJr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

While I agree that generalized statement "don't feed the trolls" is valid, it's completely unacceptable that a sitting US President acts in such a way and must be called out for the insanity that he suggests/causes. Sitting quietly, not being vocal, can be interpreted as compliance. But really, what a fucking timeline we are in...

[–] syklemil@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, there's a significant difference between not giving some rando on the internet attention, and warning the general populace that the leader of one of the mightiest nations on Earth is a greater loon than they can imagine.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago

yeah, well, calling him out on every random tweet is how we got here.

There is no such thing as bad attention, and you don’t feed the trolls.