УНН News of the World ✎ White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Greenland should be part of the United States, while rejecting military
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I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand about “they did X to distract from Y”. Some people on Lemmy seem to think if you say that, you’re somehow also saying “X isn’t real and/or isn’t actually of any importance”. Ever considered trump doesn’t give a shit about human life and saying that doesn’t mean I don’t?
Also, there can be multiple motivations for an action. Being a distraction doesn’t mean it’s not for other purposes too.
There’s obviously room to discuss any number of things happening in the world, but ceaselessly badgering on about one even in discussions about others is at best misguided and at worst purposeful trolling.
And maybe before jumping to their defense with assumptions about their intention, actually read the comment I responded to, or a single one of the endless, thoughtless replies to any of these articles that are literally just “Release the files” memes.
all this Greenland talk is -again- just smoke to distract us
The comment leaves no room for consideration - it is unequivocally dismissing the threats as nothing more than distraction in service of their own pet interest.
The comment leaves no room for consideration - it is unequivocally dismissing the threats
Hey, it was just an assumption (“I reckon that…”). I wanted to express my disbelief that the Trump administration will actually go for it and was therefore looking for other motivations.
Of course I don’t know the truth, and -believe me- I take that threat seriously. But as the risk with Greenland is much much higher than with Venezuela, I guess they just throw around their bullshit and see what sticks. If there is little resistance, they might even try something. Or they are preparing for a blackmail scenario like “OK fine, we stay out of Greenland, but only if you sign this trade deal”.
As someone else said here, there can be multiple motivations. The distraction aspect is also real.
I don’t understand what’s so hard to understand about “they did X to distract from Y”. Some people on Lemmy seem to think if you say that, you’re somehow also saying “X isn’t real and/or isn’t actually of any importance”. Ever considered trump doesn’t give a shit about human life and saying that doesn’t mean I don’t?
Also, there can be multiple motivations for an action. Being a distraction doesn’t mean it’s not for other purposes too.
This isn’t complicated.
You’re right, there can be multiple motivations. It all stays in the vein of “Flooding the zone with shit”.
There’s obviously room to discuss any number of things happening in the world, but ceaselessly badgering on about one even in discussions about others is at best misguided and at worst purposeful trolling.
And maybe before jumping to their defense with assumptions about their intention, actually read the comment I responded to, or a single one of the endless, thoughtless replies to any of these articles that are literally just “Release the files” memes.
The comment leaves no room for consideration - it is unequivocally dismissing the threats as nothing more than distraction in service of their own pet interest.
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Hey, it was just an assumption (“I reckon that…”). I wanted to express my disbelief that the Trump administration will actually go for it and was therefore looking for other motivations.
Of course I don’t know the truth, and -believe me- I take that threat seriously. But as the risk with Greenland is much much higher than with Venezuela, I guess they just throw around their bullshit and see what sticks. If there is little resistance, they might even try something. Or they are preparing for a blackmail scenario like “OK fine, we stay out of Greenland, but only if you sign this trade deal”.
As someone else said here, there can be multiple motivations. The distraction aspect is also real.