This whole “issue” is proof that people want to be outraged and will remain willfully ignorant in order to do so.
I don’t think it’s really an “issue,” it’s just something mildly annoying that people are poking fun at because of the test today. It’d have had a similar reception if the test had happened while any other President was in office.
Trump’s penchant for Twitter just makes it a little easier to make fun of.
The remarks about propaganda in this thread didn’t read like jokes to me. We’ll have to agree to disagree that the reception would’ve been the same with another person in office.
It depends on the person. If Obama did this, then conservatives would be up in arms. It happened with Trump so the other people are up in arms.
Probably true.
It’s actually not probably true, it’s definitely true. I remember a ton of idiot conservatives thinking that Obama’s attempt in 2009 to deliver a “stay in school” message to the children was a brainwashing attempt to destroy Christianity or something stupid.
I respect your ability to take an area of general agreement and still manage to make it sound contentious.
Yeah, I’m not concerned that the alert system is in place, nor am I worried that it was tested. I’m mildly worried that Trump could start using it for campaigning. I wouldn’t put it past him to send out an “alert” on election day that the country is in danger if people vote a certain way.
This is somewhat tinfoil hat-ish, sorry. The alert system is maintained by FEMA and there’s nothing in the law (again, passed by Obama) that would allow the president to abuse the system in this way.
You can’t say that everything is a joke and no one on the left is actually concerned, then turn around and express legitimate concerns, however mild, about possible abuse. This is why I believe that deep down, liberals really are as prone to believe in conspiracies as conservatives despite the intellectual veneer.