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we have the best overreactions, perhaps the greatest exaggerations in history, you've never seen overreactions like these folks, trust me.
by beeflet 2y ago
we have the best overreactions, perhaps the greatest exaggerations in history, you've never seen overreactions like these folks, trust me.
- hnbad 2y agoI think what sets Trump apart is how straightforward his hyperbole is. It's present throughout American culture but it's usually a bit more subtle. It's even in basic things like answering "How are you?" (in the US, "great!" is a neutral answer and "could be better" would be cause for concern - in e.g. Germany on the other hand, "great!" would prompt a request for elaboration whereas "could be better" would be understood as fairly neutral). I also haven't seen another country (in Europe at least) where politicians across party lines so frequently emphasize in so many ways how great their country is - not even in a jingoistic way, just as a shared cultural consensus.