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minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up89arrow-down2·2 years agoThis. Why are people treating it like it’s a joke? He’s literally been spouting the bullet points from Project 2025 practically since it came out. This wasn’t a gaffe, it was the mask slipping. “When somebody tells you who they are, believe them.”
minus-squarearensb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·2 years ago “When somebody tells you who they are, believe them.” No. Donald Trump told us he was a brilliant deal-maker, a stable genius, and a gifted billionaire. A better idea is to do as Maya Angelou said: when somebody shows you what they are, over and over, believe them.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoWe could just amend it to be, “When somebody tells you who they are, believe them until they demonstrate otherwise.”
minus-squarePupBiru@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agorule 2: when someone tells you who they are, believe them rule 1: trust but verify
minus-squareGoku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoWhen someone show and tells them believe you.
minus-squarecultsuperstar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoIt’s not even the mask slipping. This is saying what they want and their supporters going right along with it. They don’t even bother lying or beating around the bush anymore.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBelieve them, at least until they demonstrate otherwise.
minus-squareTelorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoSo if Trump says he’s awesome, believe him until he demonstrates otherwise. It won’t take long in his case. If Trump says he loves America, believe him until he says he’s trying to destroy our democracy. I don’t see why we need additional context.
This. Why are people treating it like it’s a joke? He’s literally been spouting the bullet points from Project 2025 practically since it came out.
This wasn’t a gaffe, it was the mask slipping.
“When somebody tells you who they are, believe them.”
No. Donald Trump told us he was a brilliant deal-maker, a stable genius, and a gifted billionaire.
A better idea is to do as Maya Angelou said: when somebody shows you what they are, over and over, believe them.
We could just amend it to be, “When somebody tells you who they are, believe them until they demonstrate otherwise.”
rule 2: when someone tells you who they are, believe them
rule 1: trust but verify
When someone show and tells them believe you.
It’s not even the mask slipping. This is saying what they want and their supporters going right along with it. They don’t even bother lying or beating around the bush anymore.
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Believe them, at least until they demonstrate otherwise.
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So if Trump says he’s awesome, believe him until he demonstrates otherwise. It won’t take long in his case.
If Trump says he loves America, believe him until he says he’s trying to destroy our democracy.
I don’t see why we need additional context.
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