It remained unclear why the president believed negative news coverage, which all of his predecessors have faced and is protected by the Constitution, would be against the law.

  • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    3 days ago

    Poe’s law states “Without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.”

    • Hector@lemmy.worldBanned
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      3 days ago

      Ah yes I have learned that the backslash s tag has to be added to anything, not even because the readers are dumb as much as some of the other commenters are stupid and say things that stupid.

      Influence agents and Bots and chatbots are also a big factor in that. Our online discourse is very dumbed down on subjects where big money is in play.