Twitterverse

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Before there was radio, before television, before inter-webs were made available to every citizen, the medium was print.

Marshall McLuhan examined the effects of electronic media.


February 27, 2017

“In 1964, scholar Marshall McLuhan wrote the five most important words ever to emerge from the field of media theory: ‘The medium is the message.’

The main thrust of McLuhan’s idea is that the actual content (i.e. this very story) means far less than the medium through which it’s being delivered (the computer or smartphone on which you’re reading). That is, the technology delivering the message — the printing press, television, radio, the Internet — inherently changes how we communicate, and in doing that, alters the message, even tweaks the circuits in our brains, and thus transforms society. The message in the bottle means nothing compared to the bottle as message delivery service.


the communicative media we habitually employ, partially determine and shape the content of our lives

So in other words, moving one step beyond McLuhan, I’m saying:

the medium is not merely the message, it’s also, to an important extent, the mind behind the message.


Trump is an egomaniac who is obsessed by the need to trump-et out little bits of his inner and political life in 140-character chunks, or less, more than once every two hours, 24–7, so that he’s in the social media limelight every single day, at all times of the day and night, looking at himself. In other words, Trump is essentially living from Tweet to Tweet in his own self-created, self-reflecting Twitterverse.


https://medium.com/@bobhannahbob1/je-vous-dis-merde-12-trumps-twitterverse-b9889a17c21d

 

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"... young McLuhan had watched charismatic European fascists in the 1940s use radio to inject hypernationalism directly into the souls of their supporters."

"Trump doesn’t care if we think he’s telling the truth—he just wants his supporters to doubt that anyone’s telling the truth.”

-Jon Favreau, one of President Obama’s former speechwriters

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/social-networks-must-face-political-impact/


https://www.wired.com/story/president-trumps-lies-and-untruths/

Emperor Carrot Does Not Lie Like You and Me

7/02/2017

EARLIER THIS WEEK, the New York Times posted a comprehensive accounting of President Donald Trump’s lies.

6/23/2017

Trump's Lies

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html?_r=0

(yikes! He lies everyday, all day long!)

"The key is intent."

To Trump and his followers, it doesn’t matter if we can’t believe the President as long as they ensure we can’t believe anyone else, either. Sure, the apotheosis of all this will make traditional governance—passing laws, making treaties, regulating in the public interest—impossible. But the people in charge will be able to do all kinds of other stuff while no one’s watching, or while no one can see. They can change regulations to make them more favorable to allies and donors. They can figure out how to suppress their opponents’ voters. They can embed moneymaking enterprises into governance. The tsunami of lies will recede, leaving behind only the swamp.

gsgs comment-

We do not get firm, absolute, definite answers out of Emperor Carrot. He and his spokespersons have crafted many "outs" for him.

The legitimate media is not allowed to nail Emperor Carrot down, on definitions. What Emperor Carrot means, when he says anything, is open to interpretation.

If Emperor Carrot tweets that he is getting rid of the swamp, it is not the conventional swamp, that he is referring to.

Those that did not choose to live in an alternate bizarro world, would say that supporting utter corruption and treason, were ways of contributing to a swamp.

 

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What would Marshall McLuhan decipher, about Trump's crude and violent video on twitter ?

What would Marshall McLuhan have said about the tangent issue, and false accusations that were made-

The video was an edited version of a 2007 WWE WrestleMania clip, which showed Trump appearing to beat up CNN, leading to accusations the president advocated violence against journalists. CNN then identified and contacted the Reddit user who had originally created the GIF of the clip, which was then edited further before being posted on the president's Twitter account.

The Reddit user, HanAssholeSolo, apologized, but CNN said it "reserved the right" to publicly identify the man should he engage in further "ugly behavior" — prompting criticism of the network.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/2017-g20-summit?utm_term=.gfzGdZ4rX#.ra3Xn6ay9

The "fun" that Trump trolls find, in the providing of a false narrative- CNN is forced to defend itself

"Any assertion that the network blackmailed or coerced him is false. The user, who is an adult male, not a 15-year-old boy, apologized and deleted his account before ever speaking with our reporter. CNN never made any deal, of any kind, with the user. In fact, CNN included its decision to withhold the user’s identity in an effort to be completely transparent that there was no deal.”


CNN then explained it didn't publish his true name because of his apology, the fact that HanAssholeSolo is a private citizen, had “showed remorse” by removing the “offending posts” and “because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again."

That explanation was followed by another line that suggested CNN could renege on its decision not to release the user’s real name: “ CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change. ”

http://www.newsweek.com/cnn-blackmail-deny-reddit-632274


http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-trumps-tweet-is-repulsive-nra-video-is-chilling/a-39520412

Deutsche Welle news site sends out an opinion, about the unfurling events, concerning the video-

His (Emperor Carrot's) tweet of a mock video in which he is seen physically attacking a leading member of the traditional media establishment is repulsive and unbecoming of a president.

At the same time, the latest incident is also not surprising given Trump's contentious use of Twitter which generates headlines on an almost daily basis and his deep-seated animus toward the media.

Usually, and this will probably happen with the wrestling video tweet as well, after a day or two of public outcry over the incident, the debate fizzles out without any consequences, only to be restarted about the next outrage du jour caused by another presidential tweet.

To be absolutely clear: Donald Trump's abuse of Twitter as a tool to insult, harass and attack his opponents - whether it is the media, politicians or anyone else that disagrees with him - is despicable and cannot be excused.


gsgs comment-

It is to Emperor Carrot's advantage to increase the division between the main body of sane, sensible people and people that have chosen to split away from reality. It seems, that Emperor Carrot has taken a few pages from George Orwell's "1984," to find weapons against Democracy in America. Strange use of the common language's words, come from Emperor Carrot, himself. He uses language in a way that makes his statements and pronouncements, ambiguous, and almost cryptic.

A whole dictionary's worth of "dog whistles" have been created for Emperor Carrot to communicate with his base.

Emperor Carrot makes a mockery of a accepted, vetted, honorable, and trusted news services. He speaking directly to his base, while being recorded by media that will broadcast his distorted messages, worldwide.

example-

"But CNN has taken it too seriously,..."

(as if the portrayal of a brutal physical attack on a journalist/ journalism, is a frivolous joke ?)

"..and I think they've hurt themselves very, very badly," Trump said.

(translation- "My bid for bringing ridicule to CNN's public image, was successful. I baited them into a fight they could not win. False accusations were made about CNN, and now I can use them as weapons, against CNN, as if they were legitimate accusations. My Trump trolls came through for me."

"What we want to see in the United States is an honest, beautiful — but honest — free press. We don't want fake news, not everyone is fake news. But we don't want fake news. Bad thing. Very bad for our country."

Translation- "My Trump trolls want "newspeak," not conventional, accepted words and concepts. I will give them the new "truthspeak," they desire.

"I, Emperor Carrot, will provide my Trump trolls with LAWLS, and opportunities to tweak the noses of the people that choose to remain rooted in reality."

"I, Emperor Carrot, have subverted language, itself."
The words "honest,"and "free press," have been made to serve two masters. One meaning for the believers in Emperor Carrot's subterfuge, another, for those that do not choose to be involved with the twisting and distortion.

The division is narrowing, you are a Participant, and a member of the club, consisting of "outsiders," or you are not.

A choice has been presented- Buy into what Emperor Carrot is selling, or choose to oppose him.

A small minority want to give free reign to Emperor Carrot's corruption, so that the ultimate decay and downfall of the system,will occur. They assume that something better will emerge, afterwards. They do not really care if a new, better system emerges. They just want to see the current system burn.

Who the fuck are these crazy people ?