I have to admit, even from the surreal, unprofessional, nightmare that is the Trump Administration

[DefenseLawyer]

I never imagined that a White House spokesman would utter the phrase "suck my own cock" in a published interview. Even Dick Cheney telling Patrick Leahy to "go fuck yourself" on the Senate floor seems quaint by comparison.

[unblock]

1. astoundingly, these same clowns insist that it was obama who debased the presidency

[tblue37]

7. Well, he did wear a tan suit and was seen putting Dijon mustard on a sandwich, after all! nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. We are dealing with, and are subjected to a class of sub-humans like we have never

seen before.

[winetourdriver01]

17. I know

It's like the Sociopath Party.

[TeapotInATempest]

3. I often find myself thinking that I'm glad my mother didn't live to see this

The crassness and cruelty of these people would have sickened her.

ETA: And she was a Republican.

[Wounded Bear]

5. It's the internet age...

and we have our first internet presidential administration.

We've been taken over by internet trolls.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

10. THAT is it!

The troll class has taken over. Our country is being run by people who have no substance, who made their mark with every crazed conspiracy theory that has been debunked by Snopes. Supported by every crass low-information denizen of the comment sections. Its the Age of the Troll. Lord help us.

[janx]

16. RW media and internet and been programming them for 30 years or so.

The real internet activity started around the year 1999, if memory serves. Your description is accurate.

[janx]

14. While it is not the first,

you certainly make a great comparison, and I do think that's where the low language comes from. This is the culmination of it.

[Wounded Bear]

18. It is not the first admin in the internet age maybe...

but it is the first one installed very much by modern social media and it's lurkers and lowest common denominators, people with no manners because they haven't had to use them on line and now it is spilling into real life.

[janx]

19. I could not agree more about that. n/t

[uponit7771]

15. +1, "We've been taken over by internet trolls"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Who talks like that for attribution?

[DefenseLawyer]

8. I'm certainly no wilting violet

And I'll admit that I am prone to salty language in many contexts, but I don't address a judge or a jury like I am watching a ballgame in a bar. I don't talk to my Little League teams the way I talk to my old friends in a casual conversation. I don't talk to my kids, or my 90 year old mother, the way I talked to my college roommates. It's just bizarre that they have no sense of decorum or respect for the office.

[davsand]

13. Language is nuanced, and they ignore that.

You hit it on the head exactly. Language has to be pitched for the ears that will hear it, and this crew is not following that convention. When anybody is in a public setting--like talking to a reporter or speaking in public--the choice of language has to conform to a common standard (suitable for Grandma and the kids, for example.) How you talk in a locker room or at a strip club is probably going to be a lot different because your audience is more tightly defined.

I hadn't really thought about this in the context of the rotten mango, but his language has always been geared to a lower status "rougher" speaker--even down to his word choices. He grates on a lot of people because he's not conforming to speech and language norms. I never put that together before now. Wow.



Laura

[spanone]

9. a group of wannabe mobsters are in charge of our government

never seen anything like it...hope i never do again

[niyad]

11. NOW NOW--THIS IS JUST LOCKER ROOM TALK BOYS WILL BE BOYS

(and apparently, I am not the only one thinking "lord of the flies&quot

[Leith]

12. This Is Just Another Example

of "just when you think they can't go lower, they go lower."

It's like they're having a contest.

[onethatcares]

20. and they wonder,

"Is our children learning?".

You bet your ass. They have learned that it's ok to watch a man drown in Florida, that it's ok to shoot a driver that is reaching for his license and insurance card,and that it's ok for the president to lie and act like a fool.

All in the span of 180 days.

[lostnfound]

21. Yet they forced Clinton to testify about an affair then whined about needing to explain "oral sex"

Lots of right wingers get indignant over that.