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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 66 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The fact that a letter like this made it out at all says a lot about the current situation. Zero fucking adults in the room.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What annoys me is that this was sent as a text. Publishing it on headed notepaper is hilarious but also misleading.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How is it misleading? If the words are the same, how is it misleading to write them like that? US public policy is done by tweets and telegram messages anyway

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The medium is the message.

An official letter, on letterhead, is different than a text message.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not really that different, if we're talking about a wannaby autocrat who governs by insane tweets from his golden shitter

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So it would be even stranger for him to send this on headed notepaper

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I mean, he would never do it anyway, writing a letter on an official paper is work, and work is not what he's known for. Did he send a message from a shitter to the guy he has that writes it on an official paper, or did he send it directly to the intended recepient? Fuck does this matter at this point, both actions has the same political power.

I'm having a go at the reporting. Any excuse can be used to label something "fake news". The standard of the truth needs to be high.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"how does changing the format, content, and method of communication change a communication???"

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is the content different? Did he actually send this words or not?
Because if not, then yeah, format and method of communication doesn't matter here. This is how he governs, by sending tweets and whatever scribbles to some people to then implement.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It answers different questions than I was asking, but it answers them.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yea that's what I've been thinking. There is no way he actually wrote this by himself.

[–] barnacul@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This reads exactly like the shit he writes himself.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you think that he has the mental capacity to write anything? To spell words? To use punctuation? I kind of doubt it.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 1 week ago

I think this is how he writes when trying to sound as official an sophisticated as he can muster. Thank you for your attention to this matter.