solsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCotton says Trump’s ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’ comment was him ‘obviously making a joke’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down119
arrow-up1216arrow-down1external-linkCotton says Trump’s ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’ comment was him ‘obviously making a joke’thehill.comsolsangraal@lemmy.zip to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareNusm@yall.theatl.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up138·1 year ago“…unless, y’know, you’re fine with it. Then he was he was definitely serious.” It’s called a trial balloon.
minus-squarejumjummy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoExactly. These “jokes” are like a kid “joking” that they want another piece of cake. If you say no, it’s “I was only kidding”, but if you say yes, they’ll eat that cake.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIf you say no, they’ll eat the cake when you aren’t looking
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoAnd also normalizing it.
“…unless, y’know, you’re fine with it. Then he was he was definitely serious.”
It’s called a trial balloon.
Exactly. These “jokes” are like a kid “joking” that they want another piece of cake. If you say no, it’s “I was only kidding”, but if you say yes, they’ll eat that cake.
If you say no, they’ll eat the cake when you aren’t looking
And also normalizing it.