I know he seems like the Teflon President, who can do or say anything and slide past it.
I think the disinfectant comments will do him in. He'll never live it down.
You know when they list the president's most famous quotations? I think this will be Trump's.
I think the disinfectant comments will do him in. He'll never live it down.
You know when they list the president's most famous quotations? I think this will be Trump's.
Trying to analyze why this will do him in but not, say, children in cages or the Mexicans-are-rapists comment.
I think it's because the comments that most rile us actually feed into the divisions, racism, and anger of his base.
The comments that rile us, stoke his base.
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I think it's because the comments that most rile us actually feed into the divisions, racism, and anger of his base.
The comments that rile us, stoke his base.
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Denying climate change enriches the people (including Putin) who get rich from selling hydrocarbons. So climate change denial makes some sense.
Most of Trump's lies directly benefit someone part of his base or donors.
cnn.com/2020/04/23/pol…
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Most of Trump's lies directly benefit someone part of his base or donors.
cnn.com/2020/04/23/pol…
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He's embarrassed. His base is embarrassed. His supporters and donors are embarrassed.
Nobody can defend it.
The Democrats are usually not as good at messaging as Republicans, which I believe has to do with the psychological differences. . .
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Nobody can defend it.
The Democrats are usually not as good at messaging as Republicans, which I believe has to do with the psychological differences. . .
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Some of the research on psychological make up of those with authoritarian dispositions versus non-authoritarians explains some of the success of the far right in slogans and messaging: They dislike complexity.
Non-authoritarians embrace nuance.
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Non-authoritarians embrace nuance.
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Nuance doesn't fit into bumper stickers. For that matter, the truth often doesn't, either.
Suggesting that what we all know is poison (those bottles we keep locked from toddlers) should be injected or ingested is so stupid, but so visceral.
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Suggesting that what we all know is poison (those bottles we keep locked from toddlers) should be injected or ingested is so stupid, but so visceral.
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I've always resisted the idea that Democrats should "fight like" Republicans because if both sides lie, present disinformation, break rules, and bend rules, all will be lost. Someone has to be the defenders of truth and rule of law.
However . . .
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However . . .
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. . . recall why "her emails" sank so deeply into the public consciousness while actual lawbreaking slid.. under the radar.
It's called the “repeated exposure effect.” The more something is repeated, the deeper it sinks.
See where this is going?
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It's called the “repeated exposure effect.” The more something is repeated, the deeper it sinks.
See where this is going?
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Don't let them forget.
It wasn't just a stupid comment: It was a metaphor for the entire presidency.
The disinfectant comment sums up the entire presidency and provides the perfect metaphor for conman president.
It wasn't just a stupid comment: It was a metaphor for the entire presidency.
The disinfectant comment sums up the entire presidency and provides the perfect metaphor for conman president.
Precisely. That's what makes it perfect.
All Biden has to do in a debate is mention the disinfectant comment. Trump will throw a nutty. Biden calmly plays the clip.
"Do you all really want a president who suggests injecting disinfectants?"
The end.
All Biden has to do in a debate is mention the disinfectant comment. Trump will throw a nutty. Biden calmly plays the clip.
"Do you all really want a president who suggests injecting disinfectants?"
The end.
There's something so different about them, right?
The Greenland comment can be explained as a distraction, a game. But not the suggestion that we drink bleach.
He was SO obviously engaging in weird magical thinking instead of providing leadership.
The Greenland comment can be explained as a distraction, a game. But not the suggestion that we drink bleach.
He was SO obviously engaging in weird magical thinking instead of providing leadership.
Did you all know that Alex Jones once advanced the conspiracy theory that the president has access to weapons capable of creating tornadoes and moving them around?
It's part of the Deep State conspiracy theory and familiar to the Alex Jones set . . .
It's part of the Deep State conspiracy theory and familiar to the Alex Jones set . . .
Cancer from windmills is a lie that serves a purpose (keep people dependent on hydrocarbons.)
Drink bleach is still striking me as fundamentally different, partly because we can see on tape as he muses and makes it up
Drink bleach is still striking me as fundamentally different, partly because we can see on tape as he muses and makes it up
Remember, we'll never get all the MAGA people.
In American presidential elections, 40-60 is a landslide.
LBJ won with just over 61% of the vote, and I believe that was the biggest landslide, bigger than Reagan and FDR's.
We don't need them all.
In American presidential elections, 40-60 is a landslide.
LBJ won with just over 61% of the vote, and I believe that was the biggest landslide, bigger than Reagan and FDR's.
We don't need them all.
Particularly because anyone who sees the clip knows he wasn't joking ⤵️
"He did it to bait people" is probably worse than "he had a lapse in cognitive functioning" because "joking" means he intentionally suggested something that can kill people.
"He did it to bait people" is probably worse than "he had a lapse in cognitive functioning" because "joking" means he intentionally suggested something that can kill people.
The quibble about whether he said 'ingest' or 'inject' is silly.
He rambled about how to get the disinfectants inside the body. Most people don't have syringes.
When calls to poison centers shot up, people drank because that's the only way people have to try it themselves.
He rambled about how to get the disinfectants inside the body. Most people don't have syringes.
When calls to poison centers shot up, people drank because that's the only way people have to try it themselves.
Because ⤵️fascist / hierarchical thinkers despise the weak.
The disabled were among the first victims of the Nazis.
The "inject disinfectants" thing is different because it doesn't perpetuate the usual hierarchical thinking or "deep state" theories.
The disabled were among the first victims of the Nazis.
The "inject disinfectants" thing is different because it doesn't perpetuate the usual hierarchical thinking or "deep state" theories.
Yes, with one distinction. I don't think they're thinking about the "system" in the sense that "old people are a strain on the system." They're not thinking farther than Nov. 2020
What they want is to retrain power.
It's more like this . . .
What they want is to retrain power.
It's more like this . . .
"They'll die soon (or shouldn't be alive) so why should we ruin the economy over them?" is basically the thinking.
Remember "ruin the economy" means "Trump won't get elected." He and his pals always believed the strong economy would get him reelected.
thehill.com/homenews/media…
Remember "ruin the economy" means "Trump won't get elected." He and his pals always believed the strong economy would get him reelected.
thehill.com/homenews/media…
We know that Obama rebuilt the economy after Bush's subprime mortgage debacle.
They see that Trump's policies so funneled money to the rich as to push us even closer to oligarchy.
We also know they'll try to profit from the pandemic—but they're thinking Nov. 2020.
They see that Trump's policies so funneled money to the rich as to push us even closer to oligarchy.
We also know they'll try to profit from the pandemic—but they're thinking Nov. 2020.
Here is this thread as a blog post.
I did some fine-tuning of the argument:
terikanefield-blog.com/theres-somethi…
I did some fine-tuning of the argument:
terikanefield-blog.com/theres-somethi…
