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Trump knows that Americans are stupid (Original Post) Proud liberal 80 Aug 2020 OP
Takes one to know one nt Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #1
We don't do personal attacks here. nt live love laugh Aug 2020 #4
Oh dear. I wasn't trying to attack the poster. I meant that Trump was stupid Wicked Blue Aug 2020 #15
I knew what you meant Proud liberal 80 Aug 2020 #16
So did I. MoonRiver Aug 2020 #22
Some are stupid but more are not. live love laugh Aug 2020 #2
Half of the people have an I.Q. below 100. (That's what I.Q. is based upon.) Towlie Aug 2020 #21
Especially the ones who voted for him. In_The_Wind Aug 2020 #3
Gone with the wind BlueJac Aug 2020 #6
We can't get fooled again... (n/t) Moostache Aug 2020 #10
That's because our children's CAN LEARN (nods head sagely). Volaris Aug 2020 #23
His base yes . .. Iliyah Aug 2020 #5
+1000 Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #7
That's quite the blanket statement there. dware Aug 2020 #8
Rolling eyes Proud liberal 80 Aug 2020 #14
Well then, dware Aug 2020 #17
😁 live love laugh Aug 2020 #18
Love your screen name, dware Aug 2020 #19
What he knows is that it is the only thing he has flung against the wall to distract from his virus dameatball Aug 2020 #9
Let's not get ahead of ourselve. He hasn't been proven right... brush Aug 2020 #11
It's like riling up a pro wrestling crowd C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #12
fox spews opened the 8a hour with RIOTS. Couldn't find flames apparently, empedocles Aug 2020 #13
trump KNOWS HIS supporters are stupid beachbumbob Aug 2020 #20

Wicked Blue

(5,826 posts)
15. Oh dear. I wasn't trying to attack the poster. I meant that Trump was stupid
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 11:08 AM
Aug 2020

I'm extremely sorry if I offended. My apologies to proud liberal 80.





live love laugh

(13,095 posts)
2. Some are stupid but more are not.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:34 AM
Aug 2020

Twitler has sent out 68 tweets this morning.

So it’s not surprising that the topic is trending plus the trend count includes retorts.

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
21. Half of the people have an I.Q. below 100. (That's what I.Q. is based upon.)
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 12:09 PM
Aug 2020

It doesn't make sense to say "people are stupid." Intelligence is relative and requires a standard reference to assess degree of stupidity. If you say that people are stupid then the question becomes, "Stupid compared to what?" Dolphins? Chimpanzees? Vulcans?

What you could legitimately claim is that today's Americans are stupid compared to those of the past 244 years, but I don't think that's true either. I think our advanced communication technology and declining educational standards have enabled more powerful methods of manipulating public opinion, such as Fox News and Twitter. Trump simply stumbled upon and is exploiting these tools.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
3. Especially the ones who voted for him.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:34 AM
Aug 2020

What happened to Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me.

dameatball

(7,396 posts)
9. What he knows is that it is the only thing he has flung against the wall to distract from his virus
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:46 AM
Aug 2020

handling failure that is working. Media is all over it.

brush

(53,759 posts)
11. Let's not get ahead of ourselve. He hasn't been proven right...
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:49 AM
Aug 2020

about anything. The election will tell if his strategy on law and order will win out over the 250,000 covid deaths by election day. Don't fall for the hype.

Evictions are starting to happen and millions are still out of work with no prospects.

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)
12. It's like riling up a pro wrestling crowd
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:50 AM
Aug 2020

who believe it's a real contest. They fall for the same gimmicks every time.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
13. fox spews opened the 8a hour with RIOTS. Couldn't find flames apparently,
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:55 AM
Aug 2020

but found an injured police officer in Ohio [?].

No Covid mention that I saw.

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