The NY Times printed an entire page of letters from Trump supporters today.
They are exactly what you would expect: a tour de force of brain-hurting stupidity.
Let's start with this gem from a guy in ultra-white, well-off, Chatham, NJ, praising... wait for it... Betsy DeVos.
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They are exactly what you would expect: a tour de force of brain-hurting stupidity.
Let's start with this gem from a guy in ultra-white, well-off, Chatham, NJ, praising... wait for it... Betsy DeVos.
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A recurrent theme:
Giving Trump credit for things which have in no way occurred... like deploying some new ISIS strategy other than the one already implemented by Obama... or doing anything other than send mean tweets toward North Korea.
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Giving Trump credit for things which have in no way occurred... like deploying some new ISIS strategy other than the one already implemented by Obama... or doing anything other than send mean tweets toward North Korea.
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Then there are the over-reachers...
People who try to dress up nonsense to sound NY Times-worthy.
Note: "unapologetic humanity" is my new favorite malaprop for "he's an a****** who doesn't say sorry"
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People who try to dress up nonsense to sound NY Times-worthy.
Note: "unapologetic humanity" is my new favorite malaprop for "he's an a****** who doesn't say sorry"
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Among my favorites:
The letters from people who plead a case which actually calls into serious question the wisdom of the one man/one vote thing.
If the only two candidates who pulled you to the polls are yourself and Trump, you should be forcibly removed from the country.
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The letters from people who plead a case which actually calls into serious question the wisdom of the one man/one vote thing.
If the only two candidates who pulled you to the polls are yourself and Trump, you should be forcibly removed from the country.
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Also popular:
Use of words and phrases which don't exist primarily because they are insanely dumb.
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Use of words and phrases which don't exist primarily because they are insanely dumb.
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Then you have the talking points jockeys.
I have a feeling Daniel's real name is Ivan and by "North Syracuse", he meant "somewhere within WiFi range of the Kremlin".
I have a feeling Daniel's real name is Ivan and by "North Syracuse", he meant "somewhere within WiFi range of the Kremlin".
This brings us to a popular theme:
He's terrible... but in a good way!
No. You're only half-right, Steve from Hampton Bays.
He's terrible... but in a good way!
No. You're only half-right, Steve from Hampton Bays.
Then the most cliche of all cliches weighs in:
The brainwashed aging Fox News viewer.
Annie here is - at the youngest - 78 years old but she's sure the Sharks and the Jets are rumbling in every town square.
The brainwashed aging Fox News viewer.
Annie here is - at the youngest - 78 years old but she's sure the Sharks and the Jets are rumbling in every town square.
A personal fave: the "so illogical it hurts my g-damned brain" letters.
Dane here saw his town fall into decay because of opioid addiction... and he's glad Trump is fixing that by doing stuff having nothing to do with what he cited as the problem.
Dane here saw his town fall into decay because of opioid addiction... and he's glad Trump is fixing that by doing stuff having nothing to do with what he cited as the problem.
Next up: dumb is the new smart.
No, it is NOT the new smart. It is still dumb. Dumb is dumb. Dumb will continue to be dumb. At no point now or in the future will a leader's stupidity be a freaking feature.
No, it is NOT the new smart. It is still dumb. Dumb is dumb. Dumb will continue to be dumb. At no point now or in the future will a leader's stupidity be a freaking feature.
These letters suggest otherwise, Alexander from Brooklyn. 
...and with that, I'm done.
These letters were exactly what they were always going to be:
A tragicomic tour of ignorance, cognitive dissonance and illogic so profound, I truly wonder how these people manage to function in society.
Oh, and NYT, this was a sh**show.
Stop it.
These letters were exactly what they were always going to be:
A tragicomic tour of ignorance, cognitive dissonance and illogic so profound, I truly wonder how these people manage to function in society.
Oh, and NYT, this was a sh**show.
Stop it.
