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Trump-esque? what words has trump even done that for? Changing the meaning of words to fit what you want has been happening long before the printing press even
by philippejara 4y ago
Trump-esque? what words has trump even done that for? Changing the meaning of words to fit what you want has been happening long before the printing press even was invented by people in power, vying for power, reporting on things they have a biased interest in or just wanting a quick win on an argument. Not everything needs to be a trump analogy.
- ceejayoz 4y agoTrump popularized the term “fake news”, generally meaning “real news I don’t like”.
- ryandrake 4y agoPeople forget: for a very, very brief moment during the 2016 US presidential campaign, the problem of actual "fake news" was in the spotlight. Literal fake news, where a pseudo-news site would put up stories that was entirely fictional, to promote a political POV, and present them as news. Trump swiftly neutralized the term by co-opting it and using it, as you say, to mean "real news I don't like". But for just a moment in time, it was originally used to describe actual fiction posing as news.
- NreItardGGERS 4y ago[dead]
- lokar 4y agoAnd whatever covfefe is
- andrewflnr 4y agoI only ever see it used either (a) sarcastically or (b) to describe actual falsehood. I don't think he was successful in redefining it.
- paulcole 4y agoYeah I guess you’re right here. It’s more like they both go beyond ignoring the real world and just say whatever nonsense they feel like. Then they have a bunch of simps who won’t even question it.