Trump distracts and desensitizes with "cruelty" masquerading as humor:
1) Trump takes a very serious issue (Trump's corruption)...
2) Reduces it to a backdrop with which to redirect into sophomoric, superficial criticism of Schiff's physical appearance....1/
1) Trump takes a very serious issue (Trump's corruption)...
2) Reduces it to a backdrop with which to redirect into sophomoric, superficial criticism of Schiff's physical appearance....1/
3)...which then creates a mental short-cut/mental association for Trump's base where any statement made by Schiff immediately becomes mentally redirected back to Trump's attack on Schiff's appearance...which causes them to dismiss the gravity/substance of Schiff's statements. 2/
This tactic not only plays well with a base that is often emotionally under-developed and immature, but that is receptive to, and will positively reinforce (Narcissistic supply) Trump's sociopathic cruelty... 3/crafty.diply.com/66262/people-w…
....which is the by-product of his pathologically disordered, dysfunctional competitiveness..... 4/
...that exists to such an extent that the death of honorable people with dissenting political views is weaponized into a mocking, celebratory punchline at a campaign rally designed to distract from the fact Trump was being impeached at that very moment...5/cbsnews.com/video/trump-mo…
There are a few things to keep in mind:
1) Predictably, Trump's sycophantic propaganda machine twisted the cruel, insensitive, unwarranted attack into a self-serving, victimhood narrative where Trump is simply defending himself with "counter punches". 6/
1) Predictably, Trump's sycophantic propaganda machine twisted the cruel, insensitive, unwarranted attack into a self-serving, victimhood narrative where Trump is simply defending himself with "counter punches". 6/
This is a false narrative......7/
That relies on people to fall for Trump's narcissistic/sociopathic "manipulation of the interaction timeline"....8/patreon.com/posts/31359074
But perhaps more implicitly, 2) Trump's "joke" about John Dingell "looking up" from Hell feeds a Religious Authoritarian (Franklin Graham) narrative about "Demonic" opposition to Trump: Dingell is in Hell b/c of his/wife's opposition (impeachment vote). 9/
And finally, 3) this behavior is just one more example of a long list of sadistic behaviors that are consistent with Cluster B Personality Disorders....10/
......behaviors that render Donald Trump unfit for the most powerful office on the planet......11/
...12/....patreon.com/posts/31965639
An important point by @DrWinarick that I meant to add earlier in the thread, but will have to add here: 13/
@DrWinarick This thread was expanded into an article that can be read here:
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