LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Same as I did with Biden/Harris and that’s ignore…which is where this thread is going..because you just know it’s going to become a bun fight
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[Help] Coping strategies for Donald Trump
- Thread starter BrightonCottager
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So you've decided that because he's said there are only two genders, he's blessed with common sense? This will appeal to the monumentally thick I suppose, but if I was American I'd be more concerned with the fact that despite being far too old for the role, Joe Biden created 15.7m new jobs.
I'd also be concerned at Trump's propensity to upset his own international allies by trying to bully small friendly states like Panama and Greenland, yet rolling over for powerful dictatorships like Kim, Putin and Chaina. Then of course he's threatening trade wars with Canada and the EU, his two most important trade partners.
Still, I've taken @BrightonCottager's advice, despite my entire family screaming about him. I just zone out. He'll damage the planet & international trade while strengthening the hand of despots and chummy billionaires. But what can we do?
maltaseagull
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I try to ignore everything he says as most of it will never happen.
He is a pr**k of the highest order.
This book may help ,and at only only £7,92 seems reasonably priced to me
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Jackthelad
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- Mar 31, 2010
- 1,142
Cut down on social media, newspapers, TV, mobile. Politics in general will only make you depressed.
The gap between left and right has never been so wide in my lifetime. Sites like X promote hate and have been designed to anger and divide.
The gap between left and right has never been so wide in my lifetime. Sites like X promote hate and have been designed to anger and divide.
Cordwainer
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- Jul 30, 2023
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el punal
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I find him and his cronies masochistically amusing. The more absurd ideas and policies that spew forth from the orange blob the greater the amusement. It really is a safety valve of sanity. What is alarming is that the rest of the world see him for what he is (insert you own derogatory description here) while the majority of Americans live in a bubble of utter ignorance and stupidity.
I don't like some of trump's policies.... Specifically anything to do with the environment or abortion etc
But you've really got to ask yourself if you don't live in the states will trump impact your life in any meaningful way in the next 4 years....and the answer is probably not. Last time he was in the world was a lot more peaceful and already we have a ceasefire in Gaza thanks to him.
It amazes me that so many are so bothered about what goes on in the states when I'm guessing most on here don't regularly visit and a fair few actively hate the country !!
But you've really got to ask yourself if you don't live in the states will trump impact your life in any meaningful way in the next 4 years....and the answer is probably not. Last time he was in the world was a lot more peaceful and already we have a ceasefire in Gaza thanks to him.
It amazes me that so many are so bothered about what goes on in the states when I'm guessing most on here don't regularly visit and a fair few actively hate the country !!
Not Andy Naylor
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Some Trump supporters don't realise what a laughing stock they've made of their country. You can see Victoria Derbyshire actively resisting the temptation to tell this guy what a massive w*nker he is.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,367
The problem is Trump winds up 50% of Americans and 90% of the rest of the world, yet if people stop watching the news because of the likes of him, Musk, Farage, then people become less well-informed and more prone to social media manipulation, they vote for idiots spouting populist lies and so the downward spiral continues.
People talk about the tipping point for climate change, but I think we've reached the tipping point for democracy, with the majority in many Western countries "doing no research" as Stewart Lee would say.
This is a serious problem because I think a good 40% of people are horrified by Trump / Musk / Farage / Meloni / Le Pen / AFD / Orban and are very well-informed, consume a lot of news from various outlets, but they're in the minority.
And people should be wary of compartmentalizing Trump and US politics from our life in the UK. We've seen how Musk has talked about donating money to reform UK and has trashed Starmer, how Farage kisses Trump's arse. As someone once sung "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".
It feels like the battle for politics is lost and the lunatics - like Musk - have taken over the asylum. All that anyone can do is batten down the hatches and look after their immediate family as best they can, be careful with money and investments, cut out the unnecessary crap from life and keep your head down.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 15,642
I understand your point, I was just suggesting one way to mitigate against needless stress and worry. It’s not perfect, but we have to be realistic. Trump and his friends will be dominating the news cycle for the next four years, it’s an unavoidable reality, so if it causes more distress than benefit it’s best to avoid thinking about altogether. I realise this can harm one’s knowledge of current affairs too, but as I say above, there’s not really a choice to be had about what news to consume, given Trump’s insanity will be absolutely front and centre.
- Oct 17, 2008
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I don’t have one for the same reason I never buy Volkswagen, Adidas or Hugo Boss
(I’m skint)
It’s also a good idea to remember there will be several low quality trolling efforts by users not blessed with the gift of logic or compassion, such as the effort quoted, and that the Ignore button exists for a reason for most of them.
nicko31
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You have the informed, you have the deranged and you have the ones that don't care enough.
The latter are ones to worry about
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
- 7,468
I've never been on Twitter or Facebook. I watch YouTube and, as someone interested in politics I used to watch a lot of clips. When the election stuff really started ramping up this time last year, I blocked all the sites that showed clips of American politics and have felt a lot freer following that. When I was a kid those idiots elected Reagan in a landslide. We knew he was a liar and a charlatan, just as we know that Trump is one. Back then I didn't have to hear or read about it every day. Realising that I had the controls there to also decide not to now has been improved my time online immeasurably. Music, comedy and history documentaries have been far less stressful.
- Apr 5, 2014
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All this has caused me to reevaluate my relationship with the world outside. It is so in my face
I only use the BBC for news (The Argus is no longer a thing to me). So it's always there. I need to develop a strategy.
I have deleted all my social media accounts and it's making my life better. Obviously I haven't deleted the bless-ed NSC. Not least because when @Bozza gets my subscription he tells me he loves me. Although I was disappointed to hear I am not the only subject of his affections.
But, yes, this can be a period for good and reflection. Although a by-product of something quite rotten.
I only use the BBC for news (The Argus is no longer a thing to me). So it's always there. I need to develop a strategy.
I have deleted all my social media accounts and it's making my life better. Obviously I haven't deleted the bless-ed NSC. Not least because when @Bozza gets my subscription he tells me he loves me. Although I was disappointed to hear I am not the only subject of his affections.
But, yes, this can be a period for good and reflection. Although a by-product of something quite rotten.
- Apr 5, 2014
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And books, books. I've started reading again.
US Seagull
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He also can't end birthright citizenship due to the 14th Amendment, but that hasn't stopped him. It'll end up with SCOTUS, but they've already shown a willingness to ignore stare decisis and twist themselves in knots to justify whatever he wants. See overturning Roe v Wade.
He can his lapdogs have already floated several theories as to why the 22nd Amendment doesn't mean what everybody assumed it meant from the actual language of the text. Including that it only applies to consecutive terms (it does not) or that it somehow doesn't apply because his 2020 election was "stolen" (it wasn't).