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F you, Taylor Swift!” shouted Megyn Kelly, “and f all of the people who want to see these children have body parts chopped off.”

For those not fluent in Republican crazy-speak, Kelly’s meltdown was triggered by Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris the night before, barely one hour after Trump all but face-planted on the debate stage. Kelly was especially triggered by Swift highlighting her appreciation for vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s support of LGBTQ+ rights.

Other right-wing commentators, like Ben Shapiro, took another approach: making fun of Swifties. “Note: if you vote for a particular candidate because your favorite singer is doing so, please don’t vote. You are too stupid to vote,” wrote Shapiro on X. Meanwhile, Elon Musk, the richest man on the planet, threatened to impregnate her.

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[–] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

But maybe he did it because democrats fooled him into doing it, right? Right?

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

After eating someone's dog, the Haitians pressured Trump to post it because they're criminals. Or something.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The point I'm making is the art could have come from anyone. Why not a troll or shitposters? 4chan has done stuff like this for literal decades.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

But then you tweet dumb shit 4chan says. How does that make you look more like a stable adult?

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Never said I was defending what trump did. Just said he could have been duped into it. I actually thought shed sue him over it but I guess the endorsement works.

[–] Zorg@lemmings.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, technically it could have come from anyone.
So let's give the wannabe fascist republicans the benefit of the doubt, because that has historically been a very double plus good idea to do for authoritarians, and only good things will come from doing so...

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I don't think this makes trump look good either way, I'm not defending him.

Either he's an idiot who got tricked into posting something he should have known not to, or he's an idiot who has idiot friends who sent him something and he posted it.

I thought she was going to sue him for it.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is such a hilarious conspiracy theory that person has.

Here is what happened: Leon put out an image generator that would create images of real people. Donald is desperate for attention. Donald wanted to fantasize what if A-list celebrities liked him, so he typed it in. He then shared it publicly.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have a source that says Donald trump made the images with his own prompts? Why wouldnt he be sued for that. Reposting someone else's images was already risky enough.

I'll believe it though if you know where I can read about that.

Not a conspiracy theory by the way, was just saying ai art from the internet could come from anyone, and shitposters and trolls exist. Theres even a professional board for it called 4chan.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Donald is the shitposting troll that this AI art came from, though.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Did he prompt it himself or did someone send it to him?