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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Sat Feb 25, 2017, 01:35 AM Feb 2017

How does an otherwise rational person...

...watch tRump speak and think that presentation is somehow "normal"?

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How does an otherwise rational person... (Original Post) SHRED Feb 2017 OP

I swear I don't understand it radical noodle Feb 2017 #1

He talks down to the stupid so they understand him Warpy Feb 2017 #2

I'll never forget what PJ O'Rourke said mountain grammy Feb 2017 #3

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)

1. I swear I don't understand it

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 01:41 AM

Feb 2017

The only thing that comes to mind is "gullible."

Warpy

(111,253 posts)

2. He talks down to the stupid so they understand him

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 01:46 AM

Feb 2017

and he speaks in black/white terms without messy shades of grey. That's a great part of it.

It's simple language directed at simpletons, which is why they all say "He says what he means."

Complex language and nuance sound like doubletalk to them.

Education has been dumbed down for far too long.

mountain grammy

(26,619 posts)

3. I'll never forget what PJ O'Rourke said

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 01:49 AM

Feb 2017

on an episode of Wait Wait Don't Tell Me during the campaign.. he said, "I think Hillary Clinton is wrong about almost everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters. I'll vote for her." Now, that's an adult making an adult decision.

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