Done With Distraction
Done With Distraction
Why We Should Ignore Nick Adams
I thought for a while that bootlickers like Nick Adams (@NickAdamsInUSA on Twitter) continue to dote on Donald Trump because they like his attention. After all, Nick Adams claims to be âPresident Trumpâs Favorite Authorâ and was appointed by the former president to be a member of the Smithsonian Instituteâs Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The motive behind the ass-kissing seemed to always be garnering favor, praise, and opportunity. Yet, after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election to now President Joe Biden and subsequently lost his Twitter account for peddling voter fraud conspiracies, it would be logical for kowtowing to the former president to be less enticing to Adams. Which got me to thinking, Nick Adams doesnât want Trumpâs attention nearly as much as he wants yours.
Nick Adamâs bloviation is hilarious at times and seems at first glance to be nothing more than freakish flattery. Sure, selling more books to MAGA followers and trying to stay in good standing with the man he hopes wins the presidency in 2024 are logical, albeit pathetic, reasons for Adams to continue his fanboy worship. Yet, Adamsâ tweets are seldom about policy, comparing the administrations of Biden and Trump in meaningful ways, or offering critical insight from a conservative standpoint. Nick authors his tweets with one goal in mindâbe as egregious as possible.
When Ted Cruz (R-Texas), for example, tweets about the former president, he tends to focus his tweets around his meetings with Donald Trump or shares his opinions of how he feels the media and liberal establishment target Trump. It is not surprising for a conservative senator to praise or align himself with Trump when he has had his own eyes on the presidency for some time. However, Nick Adamsâ tweets about Donald Trump nearly always revolve around some twisted idol worship that is so exaggerated it has been compared to North Korean propaganda. His tweets are so unbelievably pathetic one doubts whether the egotistical Trump would even be able to take them seriously.
A majority of Trump acolytes on Twitter at least attempt to appear objective when discussing the former president. For example, you might find tweets exaggerating the success of the Trump administrationâs economy, but you will not usually find tweets comparing Donald Trump to the worldâs greatest tennis players. That is, of course, unless you find Nick Adams on your timeline. When he compared Donald Trumpâs tennis abilities to Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, and Andre Agassi âin his primeâ, Nickâs tweet was laughably parodic. In fact, it seemed so farcical that it attracted the attention of Andy Roddick, enough for Roddick to quote tweet Adams and say, âThis is not parody.â The thinly veiled goal of Nickâs tweet was to take shots at the world for praising Womenâs tennis legend Serena Williams. Nick could not resist the opportunity to insert his racism and misogyny and tell the world to stop discussing the success of a talented black female player while kissing Trumpâs ass for attention.
I think Nick pulls stunts like this for one reason. Nick is a sycophantic grifter. He knows that the more ridiculous his tweets, the more attention he will receive. He also understands Twitter algorithms enough to know that bad attention is good attention. Letâs say that Nickâs latest tweet has 3,000 comments, 2,000 of which are liberal responses aimed at mocking or rebutting Adamsâ ridiculous claim. For most, this attention would seem undesirable. However, these 2,000 comments trigger Twitterâs algorithms and give his tweet the appearance of popularity. Nick knows that his tweets are ludicrous, such as when he compiled a list of the worldâs greatest movie stars that, to no oneâs surprise, was made up of almost entirely MAGA conservatives. He doesnât even feign the appearance of objectivity, instead using his subjectivity to attract negative attention. Thanks to Twitter algorithms, Nick is able to take that negative attention, which most of his conservative followers wonât see anyway, and use it to gain a larger audience for his tweets. This allows his tweets to be seen by more tweeters and gives him the feeling of importance. This would all be benign attention if not for one thing. Nick also wants to be a distraction.
While some may argue that this opinion is giving Nick Adams too much credit, I will have to agree to disagree. It is seldom that grifters are able to successfully grift by pure accident. Grifters like the former president and Nick Adams know exactly what they are doing, and theyâre pretty damn good at it. Simply put, Nick Adams knows that the more time you give him, the more responses you send or the more quote tweets he receives, the more attention his tweet will attract and the less time liberals will have for exposing corruption, furthering discourse, or even (dare I say) building bridges between the two parties. He wants his tweets to be both exhausting and distracting. While I agree that it is possible to chew gum and walk, to focus on politics and take swings at the low-hanging fruits of Twitter, it must be admitted that time spent playing Twitter piĂąata with Nick Adams is time that could be better spent.
So, if you must, if it is essential to your enjoyment of Twitter, then go ahead and give Nick Adams the negative attention he desires. As for me, Iâd rather focus on exposing the insidious lies of the Republican Party, holding Democrats responsible for how they choose to vote on important issues (looking at you, Manchin and Sinema), and staying informed on the issues. Excepting for this article to explain my position, Iâm done with Nick Adams and with giving attention to anything he has to say.
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