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chris_gerrib) wrote2017-08-18 04:06 pm
chris_gerrib) wrote2017-08-18 04:06 pm
Mass Hysteria Bubble
Over on his blog, Scott Adams insists I am in a mass hysteria bubble. Perhaps obviously, I disagree. Scott makes many statements, and herewith I take issue with two.
1) Scott says of Trump [choice 3 of 4]: A mentally unstable racist clown with conman skills (mostly just lying) eviscerated the Republican primary field and won the presidency. He keeps doing crazy, impulsive racist stuff. But for some reason, the economy is going well, jobs are looking good, North Korea blinked, ISIS is on the ropes, and the Supreme Court got a qualified judge. It was mostly luck.
I say, except for:
- The economy was doing well before Trump, and jobs were going up. In fact, Trump's signature job "save" at the Indiana Carrier plant proved to be a lie (plant's closing anyway).
- North Korea hasn't blinked. They were threatening this week to drop missiles near Guam.
- ISIS in Iraq was on the ropes before Trump. This "on the ropes" organization has also just this week staged attacks in Spain and Finland.
- The Supreme Court got a judge because Mitch McConnell blocked Obama's nominee.
2) Scott says of Trump (and this his Scott's preferred answer) [choice 4 of 4]: The guy who didn’t offer to be your moral leader didn’t offer any moral leadership, just law and order, applied equally. His critics cleverly and predictably framed it as being soft on Nazis.
I say, except for:
There was no violence on both sides. The right committed murder and assault, the left defended themselves.
Methinks I know who suffers from a mass hysteria bubble, and it ain't me.
1) Scott says of Trump [choice 3 of 4]: A mentally unstable racist clown with conman skills (mostly just lying) eviscerated the Republican primary field and won the presidency. He keeps doing crazy, impulsive racist stuff. But for some reason, the economy is going well, jobs are looking good, North Korea blinked, ISIS is on the ropes, and the Supreme Court got a qualified judge. It was mostly luck.
I say, except for:
- The economy was doing well before Trump, and jobs were going up. In fact, Trump's signature job "save" at the Indiana Carrier plant proved to be a lie (plant's closing anyway).
- North Korea hasn't blinked. They were threatening this week to drop missiles near Guam.
- ISIS in Iraq was on the ropes before Trump. This "on the ropes" organization has also just this week staged attacks in Spain and Finland.
- The Supreme Court got a judge because Mitch McConnell blocked Obama's nominee.
2) Scott says of Trump (and this his Scott's preferred answer) [choice 4 of 4]: The guy who didn’t offer to be your moral leader didn’t offer any moral leadership, just law and order, applied equally. His critics cleverly and predictably framed it as being soft on Nazis.
I say, except for:
There was no violence on both sides. The right committed murder and assault, the left defended themselves.
Methinks I know who suffers from a mass hysteria bubble, and it ain't me.
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Yeah, but I MET this:
The wrong-about-everything crowd decided that the only way their world
made sense, with their egos intact, is that either the Russians helped
Trump win or there are far more racists in the country than they
imagined, and he is their king. Those were the seeds of the two mass
hysterias we witness today…
http://nodrog.dreamwidth.org/2310142.html
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I stand by what I said. Ignorance elected Trump.
Well, you're welcome to your opinion, but that just seems like an aww-wwful lot of “ignorant bigots and racists”…
Personally, I'd start looking for another explanation. It's already been said; D Trump himself said, “ANY GOP nominee could have beat Hillary”!
My own statement holds true as well: “Democrats don't win elections; Republicans lose them.” This is the best example imaginable: This one wasn't lost.
[To which her reply was, “‘Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.’ George Carlin”
- And then, as a good Federal Socialist, she promptly unfriended me. Can you say, “Echo chamber”? There is only one Correct™ opinion. Dissent will not be tolerated.]