NP A Trump Theory

[ish mailian]

But Kid, it's America, not WWF or TRump. It's who we are and mostly
who we've always been.

Stupidity and ignorance, especially of complex public policy, is a virtue.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/21/books/the-death-of-expertise-explores-how-ignorance-became-a-virtue.html?mcubz=3

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:24 AM, da kid <peterock86 at live.com> wrote:
> Trimp's whole style comes from pro wrestling. The way he calls people out,
> the way he struts at his rallies or debates after he says something that
> riles the crowd up; very WWF. He appeals to the white trash that love him
> because memories of WWF are tightly entwined with memories of childhood
> happiness and ideas about what a man is. Trimp even appeared in a match one
> time. I had thiis idea when I was riding the bus and I heard the radio talk
> show people talking about the Iron Sheikh's Twitter account. Apparently he's
> "not P.C." and he "tells it like it is." I live in WV and this is the
> sentiment I hear the most coming from the Trumplodytes. The whole
> "snowflake" thing has been genius propaganda for the right wingers.
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> His greater appeal is that he bullies the people nearly every American
> openly thinks must be bullied. Most Americans still cling to the myth
> of American Exceptionalism. This myth, one whose power is greater than
> the American economy and greater than her war machine, has made
> America great and dangerous, to herself and to the world, and because
> it is in steady decline, nationally and internationally, it is more
> dangerous than ever. But it lives and its power should not be
> underestimated. For its power is its people and their myth. And Trump
> is their grotesque American hero. He is a postmodern Andrew Jackson
> and Pt Barnum and Ahab and Gatsby. Lynch him with tar and feathers,
> but Starbuck will not take the wheel.
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 9:16 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Irin Carmon @irin
>> My theory of Trump's relative appeal is no matter who you are, eventually
>> he
>> gets around to bullying someone you secretly think deserves it.
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