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I mean, it's one example. Do you think the constantly that he presents as conspicuously extremely stupid is all an act? Do you think the several people who've b
by alabastervlog 1y ago
I mean, it's one example. Do you think the constantly that he presents as conspicuously extremely stupid is all an act? Do you think the several people who've been close to him who describe him as breathtakingly stupid are lying, or incorrect (fooled by another part of that act, one supposes)?
I don't see what gets people to class as unlikely the notion that he might be a really stupid guy with some really dumb ideas who's being pulled multiple directions by other people who may or may not also be dumb but do have bad/evil ideas. To me that appears overwhelmingly to be the most likely explanation for... all of it, really. It may still be wrong! But why isn't it—at least—a top contender, explanation-wise?
- busyant 1y ago> Do you think the several people who've been close to him who describe him as breathtakingly stupid are lying, or incorrect (fooled by another part of that act, one supposes)? James Comey wrote that he was moderately intelligent (I forget Comey's exact phrasing). And I think that's true. He's smart enough to know when to lie to escape legal jeopardy, so I think that's a mark of some amount of intelligence. But he is also horriffically broken in some part of his personality, to the point where he lacks empathy, and constantly lies to obtain advantage.
- ModernMech 1y agoBecause if Trump is really truly an idiot, what does that make the people who willingly chose to vote for him and didn't see that? People just can't accept that possibility, so they have to pretend it's all an act.
- ModernMech 1y agoBecause if Trump is really truly an idiot, what does that make the people who willingly chose to vote for him and didn't see that? People just can't accept what that says about their own judgement, so they have to pretend it's all an act.