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Jennifer Mercieca

@jenmercieca

29 Oct

@michaelkruse

Wow. Read @michaelkruse's great/terrifying 45 Self-Evident Truths About Donald Trump: politi.co/31SEu7j via @politico

Everyone read this. It distills Trump's essential qualities into 45 traits. Once you read it you'll realize that you can't give Trump any kind of opening to claim victory. He will claim victory anyway, even without an opening. When he loses he will still say that he won.

He will attack. He will threaten. He will sue. He will change the subject. He will lie. He will use conspiracy theory. He will use bluster. He will never stop declaring victory, even though he lost.

He'll do that for himself, and only for himself.

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Jennifer Mercieca

@jenmercieca

29 Oct

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1321596126001197056

I almost get tired of saying this, but here we are again. Ad baculum (threats of force or intimidation) against the civil liberties of the people or the press are authoritarian. This is how democracies die.

Trump is a dangerous demagogue, not a president.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1321596126001197056

Trump uses ad baculum when he isn't getting his way. He can't persuade, so he threatens. It's a sign that he's losing (he is losing).

In other words, it seems like a show of force, but actually it's a show of weakness. If he was in a strong position (winning the election) he wouldn't threaten. He would persuade.

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Jennifer Mercieca

@jenmercieca

27 Oct

2nd grade zoom report: teacher is currently teaching about racism and #BLM

in Texas.

Kids are repeating some racist & sexist garbage to their teacher. This teacher is telling those kids to go ask their parents where they got that information. She says it doesn't sound like they have good information & they should ask their parents for sources. In Texas.😂

My 7 yo is now very woke and demanding that Biden reform the police when he's elected. 🥰

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Jennifer Mercieca

@jenmercieca

20 Oct

My students are reading Henry Giroux's 1992 essay, "Educational Leadership and the Crisis of Democratic Government."

I'm a pro-democracy educator.

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Jennifer Mercieca

@jenmercieca

20 Oct

@TheRickWilson

Just want to tweet out this great image of everyone laughing at @TheRickWilson's paralipsis (I'm not saying; I'm just saying) joke last night. Thank you again for having me on The Breakdown last night @ProjectLincoln! I'm going to thread Trump's strategies here for folks.

Trump uses three strategies to ingratiate himself with his followers: ad populum (appealing to the wisdom of Trump's people), paralipsis (I'm not saying; I'm just saying), and American Exceptionalism (America's unique role in the world, for Trump "winning").

Trump uses three strategies to divide himself & his followers from everyone else: ad baculum (threats of force/intimidation), ad hominem (attacking the person instead of their argument), and reification (treating people as objects).

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