I wonder what percentage of pro-Trumpers think it likely that the attempted assassination was faked. If they think that they are likely to be silent about it as they do not want to damage Trump’s chances of winning. There is no way we will ever know the answer to this question.
Do you know of anyone who is willing to say: “The attempted assassination was faked, but Trump did the right thing in going along with it because it increased his chances of winning.”?
Or anyone willing to say: “He did the wrong thing, but I’m still voting for him.”?
I'm not in touch with many Trump supporters - so I don't have a good feel for that. Also, of the various silences surrounding the "assassination attempt" one of the most significant is that there has been virtually no formal public opinions surveys. In my judgement of human nature - though - I suspect the more devout supporters of Trump - who see him as a messianic figure - would be the most disillusioned. The "assassination attempt" carried an almost religious symbolism.
It puzzles me that I haven’t heard more Democrats claim that the attempted assassination was faked. Maybe they do but I just haven’t been paying enough attention to notice - there are so many things to be paying attention to.
The silence makes me suspicious, though, that the Democrats are somehow implicated. Perhaps some group on their side really tried to do it, but a pro-Trump group found out, and let the plot run most of its course, but intervened to thwart the real attempt while perpetrating the hoax. And now the Democrats don’t want to draw attention to the hoax as it could uncover their plot to really do it. This is convoluted, but I think possible.
As far as the Republicans go I think you’re right about the religious symbolism. To seriously countenance the idea that Trump is complicit in a hoax would shake the faith.
I see some comments about suspicions of assassination attempt from some fairly large visibility left-leaning accounts on Twitter/X - but yes mostly an eerie silence. As far as corporate media goes though - reporting on the actual malfeasance of government is strictly off limits.
If you remember 2016, there were individuals talking about Trump's rape trial but almost no mass media attention. These awareness's slip from the front of people's minds unless they somehow reinforced. Most people seem to need to participate in their own communities shared narrative. The competing versions of reality are never complete and shift focus so often no one develops understanding but instead just follows a current fashion.
Peter: the assassination attempts, along with the pipe bomb at the DNC, have not been highlighted within the media. Why?
If you’re suggesting a fakery, you need to establish some foundation for claims. Since its impossible to prove a negative (proving that something never happened is proving a negative) you need to make your case beyond incredulity.
What you have shown is that a fake picture is not evidence... we already know that.
I wonder what percentage of pro-Trumpers think it likely that the attempted assassination was faked. If they think that they are likely to be silent about it as they do not want to damage Trump’s chances of winning. There is no way we will ever know the answer to this question.
Do you know of anyone who is willing to say: “The attempted assassination was faked, but Trump did the right thing in going along with it because it increased his chances of winning.”?
Or anyone willing to say: “He did the wrong thing, but I’m still voting for him.”?
I'm not in touch with many Trump supporters - so I don't have a good feel for that. Also, of the various silences surrounding the "assassination attempt" one of the most significant is that there has been virtually no formal public opinions surveys. In my judgement of human nature - though - I suspect the more devout supporters of Trump - who see him as a messianic figure - would be the most disillusioned. The "assassination attempt" carried an almost religious symbolism.
It puzzles me that I haven’t heard more Democrats claim that the attempted assassination was faked. Maybe they do but I just haven’t been paying enough attention to notice - there are so many things to be paying attention to.
The silence makes me suspicious, though, that the Democrats are somehow implicated. Perhaps some group on their side really tried to do it, but a pro-Trump group found out, and let the plot run most of its course, but intervened to thwart the real attempt while perpetrating the hoax. And now the Democrats don’t want to draw attention to the hoax as it could uncover their plot to really do it. This is convoluted, but I think possible.
As far as the Republicans go I think you’re right about the religious symbolism. To seriously countenance the idea that Trump is complicit in a hoax would shake the faith.
I see some comments about suspicions of assassination attempt from some fairly large visibility left-leaning accounts on Twitter/X - but yes mostly an eerie silence. As far as corporate media goes though - reporting on the actual malfeasance of government is strictly off limits.
If you remember 2016, there were individuals talking about Trump's rape trial but almost no mass media attention. These awareness's slip from the front of people's minds unless they somehow reinforced. Most people seem to need to participate in their own communities shared narrative. The competing versions of reality are never complete and shift focus so often no one develops understanding but instead just follows a current fashion.
Peter: the assassination attempts, along with the pipe bomb at the DNC, have not been highlighted within the media. Why?
If you’re suggesting a fakery, you need to establish some foundation for claims. Since its impossible to prove a negative (proving that something never happened is proving a negative) you need to make your case beyond incredulity.
What you have shown is that a fake picture is not evidence... we already know that.
Joe Rogan said he saw the scar on Trump’s ear when he interviewed him. Having said that, it could have been a scar that happened years ago.
The probability of it actually being a v2k type technology has been completely overlooked yet is the most probable option
No need for crisis actors, guns, nor a wound yet every person would believe that they witnessed and heard things that were actually never there