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by WhompingWindows 2433 days ago
Slightly unrelated, but why do people like Colbert indulge Trump's twitter so often as if it's big news whenever he needs to take a deuce and thumbs out some text? I love Colbert but damn, do we really need to hear Trump's tweets read out-loud every day by multiple talking heads and talk-show hosts? That just feeds the beast.
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At least Trump is president, so his words mean more than random idiots. How much more they mean isn't clear, but his position means knowing what he thinks is sometimes important regardless of your opinion on the topic.

You can argue that Trump's tweets got more attention than they were worth before he was president.