Sir_Cliff
Well-Known Member
But isn't it an own goal if it just makes him look stupid?I'm not sure if you watched it live, or read the reporting on it after the fact. I watched the whole thing live, and it was extremely clear that he was joking.
You would think we'd be familiar with this pattern by now.
It was bait. A troll. It wasn't a bona fide policy proposal. You can still say "baiting and trolling are bad" without resorting to the hyperbole that he literally wants to build a prison at Walt Disney World.
- Say something that's mildly controversial and probably inappropriate while maintaining plausible deniability.
- Watch the media completely overreact.
- Fundraise and campaign on #2 to great success because #2 is so disproportionate that it pushes #1 out of the news cycle.
People were laughing at him for being outsmarted by Disney, so he floats the idea of building a prison at Disney World so people laugh at him some more?