NP A Trump Theory

[David Morris]

Please remind me of the "other candidates extreme bigotry," other than the
Republicans.  I'd like to remember that.

David Morris

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 3:08 PM Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Let's remember the other candidates' extreme bigotry as well. All of which
> would typically be normalized, yet this time were shouted out. The
> situation was really, really bad.
>
> At least both parties are severely damaged now.
>
> On Sep 17, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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