Where are the news media, public officials? This isn’t nothing, FFS. Why isn’t everyone who can, blasting him? Not lukewarm politicalspeak, BLASTING.

Via Aaron Rupar‬:

#Trump on American citizens: "If we could get these animals out of our country and put them in a different country under the supervision of somebody that made a relatively small fee to maintain these people ... we don't want these people in our country."

@GottaLaff source plz?

@fourTACOS I gave you the source. Aaron Rupar.

@GottaLaff it really doesn't do me any good to have to do a search in a browser, only to end up at someone's X page where I can't even see what you mentioned. dude doesn't even look like a legit reporter anyway.

@fourTACOS @GottaLaff

Listen Four. Stop. Talking.

You sound....stupid.

@QueenOfTheCroneAge @GottaLaff and you sound like a cunt, judging somebody online like a total bitch. fuck off.

cc: @SnowshadowII 👆🏼Report/block

https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113947857137749733

@fourTACOS @pnw.zone

@GottaLaff

wow HE was REALLY BAD!!!

@SnowshadowII what happened? I only see the toot where he asks for a source, then gets called "stupid" and lashes out. ("via Name Surname" is not a source; posting disinformation even for our cause is actually detrimental to our cause source: John Oliver 😂).

But I may be missing something! I hope I do.

@jonn
He asked for a source, she gave it though not with a link but he could have done a quick search (30 seconds) but was too lazy and became more rude. Through the thread he escalated the situation with insulting comments . You saw the beginning and end result. He was itching for a fight.
I don't know about you but when I need a source I try to be polite about it not march in making demands.

@SnowshadowII idk, I hope the guy actually insulted someone first, because in my mastodon client it shows only roughly four toots as I described. Last job of the source I've been able to verify was an editor at Vox in 2021... I wouldn't ever use the horrible language that guy used, I don't like him, I like you, but this, again, from the toots I see, is a weird look. 🌜

@jonn

You don't think conversation this was rude?
"source plz?"
" I gave you the source. Aaron Rupar."

"it really doesn't do me any good to have to do a search in a browser, only to end up at someone's X page where I can't even see what you mentioned. dude doesn't even look like a legit reporter anyway."

My take is he obviously did a search but wasn't satisfied , so rather than check to see if the reporter was legit, he basically accused Laffy of spreading false info.
If he didn't like the "look" (who cares what someone looks like as long as they are credible) of the reporter he could have simply scrolled on by.

if he had bothered to take a second to look online he would have found this info as did others:

"@fourTACOS @QueenOfTheCroneAge @GottaLaff Troll all you like, but 2 seconds of research provides you an answer.

Aaron Ruper posts on Bluesky as well and provides video clips from media news feeds for pretty much everything he posts about.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lhex6aiv3c26

It’s also possible to search for “Did Trump say…” which would lead you to, among others, where Aaron cross posts those same clips to Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/post/DFqkrbgg6DZ
Bluesky Social · 2h
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Trump on American citizens: "If we could these animals"

The point is he didn't know Laffy is reliable , he was in a cranky mood, lazy, looking for fight and started one.

Do you see the problem, or am I missing something?

@SnowshadowII I kid you not, in good faith, I couldn't find the source in a brief search. Maybe because I'm stupid, idk.

But importantly, I think it's not only ok to assume disinfo, but advised to, while getting engaged with extreme claims *even about the nazis*. That's actually what is different between us and them – we are mostly making judgments based on evidence.

Also, let's be real, even practically, the burden of proof (or evidence provision) is on the person who makes a claim. In fact, I find it disrespectful when people post sensationalist stuff with hearsay sources. Not quite irritating. What I find irritating is when someone chooses a quote or a part of conversation they had irl, rephrases it in their own words (ad absurdum) and then toots a straw-man around it. I normally ask for details in such cases and unfollow if they don't provide them (because I respect my time).

But even if I'm insulted, I wouldn't use the words the guy used. But let's conclude this, I think we just have different thresholds for different kinds of social interactions.

I'm also Latvian – pleasantries weren't invented in my country when I was growing up. We're polite but often very direct. 🤷