NP A Trump Theory

[Jochen Stremmel]

It's not a virtue, it's a bliss.

2017-09-17 20:33 GMT+02:00 ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>:

> 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.
> > ________________________________
> > From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf
> of ish
> > mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2017 6:54:13 AM
> > To: Pynchon-l
> > Subject: Re: NP A Trump Theory
> >
> > 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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