I could see it happening since it needs to connect outside his base to work.
But. But. Caveat incoming.
I don't mean cherrypicking.
It's how :) is a face. Not learned! Babies can see it.
What you hope. What you fear. What you care about.
"90% of everything is crap."
Basically everyone agrees with this.
But they're not all talking about the same 90%.
Sturgeon's Revelation but make it political.
One of the big mistakes I made in Year 1 of this was I thought that Trump's doubletalk schtick could not work outside the backrooms, out in the goldfish bowl.
And it turns out it doesn't matter much if we can see him do it.
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(Like I said: TVTropes is a leading cause of wikiholes.)
But it works on his enemies, too.
Oh, boy. People keep falling for the distractions. Fools, aren't they?
And we, discerning individuals that we are, know which one is real. It's obvious.
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The key to a lot of cons is the mark thinks they're getting one over on someone.
He's a corrupt businessman who literally dresses like a pirate. Plays it up.
The Kansas City Shuffle.
(There are two Kansas Cities, hence the trope name.)
"They're doing it to Crazy Bernie again." is doing the same thing in one tweet, *in a single sentence*. There are TWO stories in that sentence and both land with a different impact on different targets.
Yes, Trump is selling two conflicting messages to the electorate.
But he's not selling them to the *same* electorate.
And the buyers will mostly self-select themselves.
Thank you.
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