Why Smollett and Trump are very similar..Both were totally unaware of "smell experts"

[Stuart G]

Last edited Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)

..There are people in the world who can detect if a story "smells." That is if it is so full of lies, that the story cannot be trusted and that the whole story is a "stupid lie." It looks like the actor in Chicago, for whatever reason, thought he could get past the Chicago police, "smell experts." People on the police force who have been around a "long time" can smell lies. That is what they do. These individuals have to know if a story is true as to complete an investigation and charge the correct individuals of a crime. These officers are very important in finding out the truth about crimes. And they are very good at what they do.
..It looks Donald Trump has come up one of the country's best "smell experts." Not just a good one on a particular police force, but one of the best in the entire country. Mueller has an entire team to prove or disprove the truth of what Trump says and find out the truth as to what the Trump gang has done. Maybe now, Mr. Trump has figured out that Mueller is that kind of "smell expert", and that Mr. Trump's story will not pass the "smell test." Mr. Trump's past has included a number of times he has lied and got away with it for a lot of reasons, that will not be gone into. But this time, Trump is up against the very best "smell expert team." And some on the "team" were former members of Trump's own liar team. I think that Trump has finally figured out that he cannot beat this team of "smell experts." This group of smell experts is the very best.. Good-by Mr. Trump!

[RockRaven]

1. I'm not sure Trump was even trying to lie in a way which fooled everyone.

One of the toxic things about Trump is that he lies to your face when you know he's lying, when he knows you know he's lying, when you know he knows you know he's lying, when he knows you know he knows you know he is lying, and so on.

He's going out there and lying with a "look what I can get these suckers to believe/do, look how powerful I am" attitude towards those of us who know he's lying.

He's never dealt with anyone who had both the power and will to hold him fully accountable for his lies -- previously those with the power didn't have the will, and those with the will didn't have the power. He still might be in the former position, that those with the power lack the will. We'll see.

[MH1]

2. I picked a different reason they are similar: use of stereotypes to gin up anger.

Smollett thought he could get away with it but it appears he is an idiot. *

They both play to caricatures of "the enemy" to gin up anger against the enemy and get support for their side.

Problem is, that doesn't usually work well with the police. (unless, in some cases, alleged victim is white or important, and alleged perp is black.)

For what it's worth, I thought this story smelled from the beginning, but didn't post that because if true, it was indeed a terrible thing. So held back until the evidence came out. But for me the smell came from the MAGA link. ("This is MAGA country" ). Too pat ... too formulaic.

* Note he still asserts his story is true. Sounds like the overwhelming evidence supports that it was a hoax. If it turns out somehow that he's not just a screwed up bad liar, I take back all the negatives about him in this post.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Some of us just are good at using a bit of common sense

when listening to stories.

It also helps to be real familiar with all the urban legends out there. Once you've heard or read some of them, you tend to get very good at recognizing a new one immediately. Same with internet scams. A couple of days ago I get an email supposedly from a friend who needed to get a birthday gift for a niece and asked me to buy an i-tunes card for her. The friend doesn't have any nieces -- she's an only child herself -- and would never ask for such a favor from a friend.

Also, and we see it here all too often, people are far to quick to believe something they see on the interwebs.