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Trump's last administration drew on a NOAA hurricane map with a sharpie to try to convince people he was not wrong about a hurricane path. Changing data is his

Trump's last administration drew on a NOAA hurricane map with a sharpie to try to convince people he was not wrong about a hurricane path. Changing data is his style.

duxup 2y ago
I honestly think that one was ignorance more than direct malice. I think he is in fact as ignorant / incurious as he seems.
- 9283409232 2y ago
  Both are bad. Trump was wrong because he was speaking on outdated information but he wouldn't accept that he was wrong so his administration created some data so he could say he was right.
  - duxup 2y ago
    Certainly bad. Arguably stupid is even more dangerous.
  - jcranmer 2y ago
    > he was speaking on outdated information I don't think there was ever any information, outdated or otherwise, that suggested that the hurricane was going to hit Alabama. The theory I've heard that the makes the most sense is that Trump saw a report about the damage it was going to inflict on the Bahamas, mixed up Alabama and Bahamas, tweeted condolences to Alabama, and the administration tried to defend his mix-up by concocting fake information to explain it. (In many respects, if he had just quietly dropped the matter, it would have been largely ignored since it was cleared up pretty quickly; it was the childish response to try to justify why it wasn't a mistake that made it such an issue.)
- chneu 2y ago
  Stop making excuses for an abuser who has repeatedly shown he isn't as stupid as he'd like you to think he is.
  - duxup 2y ago
    It's not "making excuses" I genuinely think what I said. This kinda recrimination and such aren't helping anything.
    - ModernMech 2y ago
      What was your purpose in saying you think it's ignorance more than malice? What did you actually want to communicate with that statement?
      - duxup 2y ago
        I intended to convey that I think it was more likely ignorance than malice.
      - unregistereddev 2y ago
        I would venture a guess that they wanted to communicate their opinion that it's ignorance more than malice. Please do not escalate into a flame war.
- mindslight 2y ago
  Another data point that stuck with me: viewing an eclipse by making a pinhole in paper and looking directly through it at the sun.

Trump's last administration drew on a NOAA hurricane map with a sharpie to try to convince people he was not wrong about a hurricane path. Changing data is his style.

duxup 2y ago

I honestly think that one was ignorance more than direct malice. I think he is in fact as ignorant / incurious as he seems.

9283409232 2y ago
Both are bad. Trump was wrong because he was speaking on outdated information but he wouldn't accept that he was wrong so his administration created some data so he could say he was right.
- duxup 2y ago
  Certainly bad. Arguably stupid is even more dangerous.
- jcranmer 2y ago
  > he was speaking on outdated information I don't think there was ever any information, outdated or otherwise, that suggested that the hurricane was going to hit Alabama. The theory I've heard that the makes the most sense is that Trump saw a report about the damage it was going to inflict on the Bahamas, mixed up Alabama and Bahamas, tweeted condolences to Alabama, and the administration tried to defend his mix-up by concocting fake information to explain it. (In many respects, if he had just quietly dropped the matter, it would have been largely ignored since it was cleared up pretty quickly; it was the childish response to try to justify why it wasn't a mistake that made it such an issue.)
chneu 2y ago
Stop making excuses for an abuser who has repeatedly shown he isn't as stupid as he'd like you to think he is.
- duxup 2y ago
  It's not "making excuses" I genuinely think what I said. This kinda recrimination and such aren't helping anything.
  - ModernMech 2y ago
    What was your purpose in saying you think it's ignorance more than malice? What did you actually want to communicate with that statement?
    - duxup 2y ago
      I intended to convey that I think it was more likely ignorance than malice.
    - unregistereddev 2y ago
      I would venture a guess that they wanted to communicate their opinion that it's ignorance more than malice. Please do not escalate into a flame war.
mindslight 2y ago
Another data point that stuck with me: viewing an eclipse by making a pinhole in paper and looking directly through it at the sun.