It sounds like he wanted to say something profound about the battle of Gettysburg, but realized that he didn't know shit about it, so he just started blathering.
The Battle of Gettysburg was a key battle during the US Civil war, and occurred just before the July 4th holiday, 1863.
The North won, and it was largely considered to be the turning point of the war.
What I think this meme is pointing and laughing at is that President Lincoln gave one of the most important speeches of his, or, frankly any Presidents career, four months later.
It's the fact that he's confused and talking in circles.
In fact, I would bet that this transcription has been cleaned up, and that he was unable to say "Gettysburg" correctly. He was probably saying something like, "Gettish-bur" because he has dementia.
According to their own campaign they say they'd probably have lost anyway due to disorganization, but the media still really let him have it over a dumb yell lol
It is, and it is a shame that he has a chance to be elected a second time by riling up a base with auch incoherent gibberish.
I mean if some 4chan troll put something like that on a screenshot of Biden we would know it is fake. But with Trump we need confirmation to know whether it is fake or real, because he regularly babbles incoherently.
I made no assertions about the validity of the photo and explained it to them. It was in the context of just how presidentially unfit Trump was, and the whole point was that they believed it was real- which kind of requires telling them it’s not real.
You’re being intentionally ignorant.
Kind of like those certain idiots I was talking with. You’re so indoctrinated that you’re screaming “fake news” at something that was never presented as fucking news. When the picture was presented as suspicious to begin with. And that was the point.
There is no way to know wheher he spewed out that word salad without confirmation.
Almost half of eligibile US voters voted for him in the last two elections and will again this fall. Those voters get a disproportionate number of electoral college votes.
It should be terrifying, but at this point it is just depressing that so many in this country would rather listen to some trust fund rapist criminal sound like someone actively having a stroke than admit that their fellow citizens are people who derserve rights.
Get some sleep then go back and read the first post again. The whole post, not just the first sentence.
Then name any other politician where you wouldn't dismiss this kind of word salad as a 4chan troll meme without confirming first. You can't do that with Trump, it is necessary to confirm whether or not he said it by watching the video.
I will agree that the first sentence just doesn't make sense, and isn't connected to the rest. Maybe you meant something like "it's disappointing that this is so typical that people don't even have reason to look for confirmation when with any other human we'd be skeptical by default". As written, it just says implies there no confirmation, then starts bemoaning the quote that was said. I guess you meant that confirmation would be a way to know, but to raise that question implies generally skepticism about confirmation.
It does NOT imply anything about being skeptical of confirmation or that there is a lack of one.
It is a comment about how incoherently he talks that seemingly random gibberish could come out of his mouth and you have to check to see if it is real or just some random internet comedian making a meme.
I mean, you had several people instantly respond with confirmation, under the impression you were demanding it, or declaring that there was confirmation, thinking that you were in denial about that. I understand it wasn't your intention to imply, but it's just feedback to let you know, as written, it was easy to not take it the way you intended.
Seems like the vast majority of people understood, and even the clearest message will be misunderstood by someone who infers something that wasn't there.
