Mary Trump's Book
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Squeegee Beckenheim
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I honestly don't think it's a parody. It's not quite OTT enough. Look at the April Ryan tweet. Where's the parody? That's just a straight-up Trump tweet about, completely coincidentally, someone that Trump has had beef with.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that the person behind the account was John Barron, David Dennison, John Miller, or maybe even Carolin Gallego.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that the person behind the account was John Barron, David Dennison, John Miller, or maybe even Carolin Gallego.
Stacyhs
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Whoever it is, s/he is none too bright.
smartcooky
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Looks like the account was fake - its been taken down. Twitter got onto that one pretty quick!
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smartcooky
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Fun's over. Frowny face
However, the salutary lesson remains (especially for our resident Trump fans like TahiniBinShawarma)... Relying on social media posts as evidence will more likely get you burned than not.
Twatter and other social media are not sources. Be very wary of using them as evidence of anything; ALWAYS fact check what you see and read on social media. TahiniBinShawarma spotted something to support his hero, and excitedly posted links to this account's tweets without even scratching the surface. Stacyhs, Squeegee Beckenheim and Segnosaur spotted the obvious clues it was fake almost immediately.
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Mader Levap
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I am quite sure TahiniBinShawarma won't learn anything from that.
smartcooky
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As Carl Sagan once said "It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out."
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TahiniBinShawarma
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I specifically said
"It's not a verified account, but she is followed by John H Sununu"
Because I had no idea if it was real or not.
TahiniBinShawarma
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I'm quite sure I originally said
"It's not a verified account, but she is followed by John H Sununu"
Because I had no idea whether it was real.
TahiniBinShawarma
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I also think it's quite funny that Sununu was following it. He's a pretty old guy, and I'm sure the account wasn't up long.
Stacyhs
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The content itself made it rather obvious it was not written by a federal judge.
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Squeegee Beckenheim
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I'm curious - if you had no idea whether the account was real or not, then who were you referring to when you said "Seems Donald isn't the only one who Mary Trump has to worry about." and linked to the fake twitter account? Also, did you not actually read the links before posting them? Because it was quite obviously fake. Laughably so, in fact.
Elagabalus
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I don't know, it was a pitch perfect DJT.
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Good call.
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smartcooky
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Glad you find "latching onto the first thing you find that supports your belief and then posting it without checking if it's true" an amusing concept.
... oh! I forgot who I was replying to......... never mind!
theprestige
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I find your vehement dedication to the principle, in the context of this thread, hilarious.
"You posted a twitter thread without rigorously fact-checking it first? That's just not done! How dare you! We have standards!"
Relax. It's an ISF thread about Mary Trump's book, not a Supreme Court ruling.