this post was submitted on 27 May 2026
96 points (84.8% liked)

Today I Learned (TIL)

8998 readers
3 users here now

You learn something new every day; what did you learn today?

/c/til is a community for any true knowledge that you would like to share, regardless of topic or of source.

Share your knowledge and experience!

Rules

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Nothing surprising given how terrible Trump is, but nonetheless.

He also was present at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in 1927.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He was known to be a Charlie Chaplin fan, there’s not proof to either side. It’s not like we can ask him or he let us know for sure. We can speculate though.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And that's what social media is all about - opinions in a vacuum based on minimal information and defended as if it were a matter of life and death.

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And in my original comment I never stated it as a fact, I said likely, since we can’t know for sure.

And are you trying to mock me for just defending my point when you attacked it? That’s… quite the interesting tactic.