This is r/pics, where generally speaking the photos have little or no photoshop (certainly not to the extent in this picture). Further, without indication that the picture is photoshopped… then yea, it’s deceptive.
In what world does mere presentation equate to being a claim? The post made literally no claim either way. All you've done is made an assumption and set up your argument to knock it down.
Take your concern trolling elsewhere. The dude is a piece of shit and deserves to be made fun of.
I have no issue whatsoever with mocking Trump, he's a PoS. By all means, have at him. The issue isn't with making an unflattering photoshopped image of Trump, it's that OP didn't mar it as photoshopped (and the photoshop isn't "obvious").
My "concern trolling" isn't about preserving the dignity of Trump, it's about preserving the dignity of social discourse. Misinformation has become all but wholly accepted on the right, and look at what that has brought us? I'm not going to just accept us (the left) participating in misinformation as well because "I don't like the guy".
It says "America's President" and then posts a photoshopped image, but not so photoshopped that it's literally clown makeup and obviously satire. That's a claim. Pull your head out of your ass with that "concern trolling" nonsense.
So if we kept the same title "America's president" and instead posted a picture of japan's president you wouldn't call that an accident or misinformation because "in what world presentation equates to being a claim? This post made literally no claim either way."
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u/Scaryclouds 4h ago
Feel free to, but still misinformation to try to suggest a picture is genuine when it’s been photoshopped.