What do ya'll think? On one hand, I think him getting muted would make him look weak. On the other, I think the debates generally end up helping Trump much more than they hurt him as I think his base needs to see him fight an enemy to get really kicked into gear.

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Debates don't matter and only serve as entertainment. The people watching will have already made up their mind. The mute button is so libs watching can cream their pants seeing Trump get owned by the based moderator. The CHUDs will get riled up about the media "silencing the President". The media will flood the next morning with think pieces about how getting muted makes Trump look weak and how they, the righteous media crusaders, have struck a blow for truth. Everyone will forget about everything within a week because that shit doesn't matter.

  • kegel_dialectic [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    A debate with a mute button is the final form of the American Presidential "Debate" - two people standing kinda near each other having entirely separate conversations with themselves to pander to their particular base. Both will lie; nothing matters.

    • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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      4 years ago

      I too am incapable of responding to a lie in any way other than screaming over the other person. Having to wait two minutes for my turn to speak makes it literally impossible to call out falsehoods. This is why debates are currently so truthful 🤡

  • Stoner_Spectre [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Trump and Biden are bourgeoisie puppets and it doesn't matter who wins, the bourgeosie act as a class ultimately, and just add geography into the mix to takeout other competitors from afar to steal the wealth of foreign bourgeoisie who also own nation states like the Russian oligarchs for example. (imperialism)

    Trump puts up a struggle, but he still dances when they pull his strings, just look at his actions on Venezuela and Iran. Biden, Trump, congress, they're all just puppets to keep us distracted and feeling in control. Think of the elections as a puppet show to calm and disillude the proletarian class. We could elect you or I and it wouldn't matter, if we didn't dance they'd just execute us like JFK and move onto a puppet that will dance, like a spoiled angry child throwing away a defective toy.

  • Invidiarum [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    While I understand the appeal of this, just imagine dumb interruptors in panel discussions or politicians deflecting and delivering soundbites just got muted, that would be awesome, (I guess these formats would still be mostly bs) it's utterly ridiculous: how dare you nuclear codes man, interrupting this DNC mouthpiece is a big nono.