Hold on to your rising gorges...

[jesse gooch]

I talked to somebody a while ago that ensured me that everything trump does and says - tweets included - is some kind of hyper-intelligent strategy. She actually used the word chess - which is why your post made me think of her. She told me that all of his insane behavior is an act that makes it impossible for his enemies to pin down his true intentions, and that this genius diplomatic style is "what makes him such a great president.” This was a woman, who is not white, with a trump sticker on her car. She is, as far as I can tell, not a driveling idiot, and she said these things out loud to me. So, Adams might not have too tough of a sell.

I suppose, for his supporters, it’s the best way to interpret/explain the insanity.



> On Sep 25, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ha! 
> 
> I don't think it's necessary. 
> 
> After watching a few of Adams' videos, I've come to the conclusion that he's a bit... spectrum-y? 
> 
> I've noticed there's a "type" of smarter-than-average person that seems attracted to Trump's message and style, more than you'd think they would be considering their intelligence. 
> 
>  I dunno. Lately I've been thinking that we're seeing a civilization-wide backlash of sorts to the hopelessness foisted upon us by the mass culture of the 80's/90's. 
> 
> It's like, "We were promised an Apocalypse, so I never bothered to start or build a family or a career or a LIFE of any kind, and now I've got nothing, and life goes on, and so WHAT ELSE do you expect me to do if not do my small part to help bring the whole thing down around our collective heads?"
> 
> Seeing a lot of that kind of "Apocalyptic let-down" among my peers. 9/11 provided a brief stint of "Okay, NOW we're getting started", but even that eventually faded away, and we're back to being forced to endure reality again.
> 
> Am I making any sense at all?
> 
> Jerky
> 
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Atticus Pinecone <atticuspinecone at gmail.com <mailto:atticuspinecone at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Odds there's an office park in Russia filled with Dilbert merchandise?
> 
> > On Sep 24, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com <mailto:jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > ...there is an organized effort on the Right, apparently spear-headed by DILBERT creator Scott Adams, to portray Trump's dubbing of Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man" as some sort of incredible stroke of 4D chess-style psycho-diplomatic genius (although the majority of those agreeing with said description spell it "genious").
> >
> > I suppose that makes the time he replied to Clinton calling him a puppet during one of the debates by turning red and sputtering "No... no... No puppet! NO puppet! YOU'RE the puppet! YOU'RE the puppet!!!" his E=MCsquared.
> >
> > J
> 

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