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LOL, Trump self-owns, a true room temp IQ stable genius (Original Post)
Celerity
Dec 2021
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Part of me thinks this was done purposely knowing it would increase circulation
bearsfootball516
Dec 2021
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BSdetect
(8,994 posts)1. If by room temp you mean a deep freeze
bearsfootball516
(6,373 posts)2. Part of me thinks this was done purposely knowing it would increase circulation
But hes not that smart.
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)3. I guess I am stupid!!!!!
Celerity
(43,096 posts)4. so you think that the 2020 election was fraudulent and Trump was robbed?
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)5. Reread Trump's statement.
His use of a double negative makes the meaning opposite of what he was trying to say.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)6. Thanks, I noticed that too.
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Celerity
(43,096 posts)8. of course it is a double negative, that is why I titled it the way I did
Celerity
(43,096 posts)7. of course it does, that is why I posted it with the title the way I did, smdh
now look at what the poster I replied to said
and you will see why I asked them what I did
they said
I guess I am stupid!!!!!
now apply that to Trump's cocked up statement
IF the poster is saying they themselves are stupid, then that means they do NOT believe that there was NOT fraud
in other words they believe there WAS fraud (removing the double negative)
MoonchildCA
(1,301 posts)11. I don't know...
My brain hurts now.
Celerity
(43,096 posts)12. Trump double negative: Twitter sees proof positive of no electoral fraud
Critics pounce on statement that anybody that doesnt think there wasnt fraud in 2020 is either very stupid or very corrupt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/trump-double-negative-twitter-electoral-fraud
The double negative, a common grammatical elephant trap, claimed a high-profile victim on Saturday night. Donald Trump. In a statement, the former president said: Anybody that doesnt think there wasnt massive election fraud in the 2020 presidential election is either very stupid, or very corrupt!
There was no massive election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden by 306-232 in the electoral college and by more than 7m ballots in the popular vote. But Trump thinks, or at least says, that there was massive election fraud. Though his own formula would therefore make him very stupid, or very corrupt, his claims have had deadly effect, stoking the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January.
That led to Trumps expulsion from social media, which is why he now communicates by statement, nominally a means of communication less open to spontaneous error. As it happens, Trump has some sort of form with double negatives and the dangers they pose. In July 2018, in Helsinki, he famously stood next to Vladimir Putin of Russia and said I dont see any reason why it would be Russia, which interfered in the 2016 US election.
Under fire for that remark, Trump said: The sentence should have been: I dont see any reason why I wouldnt or why it wouldnt be Russia. Sort of a double negative. Mockery was delighted and swift. So it was again on Saturday night, on Twitter, perhaps the lost platform most costly to Trump.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/trump-double-negative-twitter-electoral-fraud
The double negative, a common grammatical elephant trap, claimed a high-profile victim on Saturday night. Donald Trump. In a statement, the former president said: Anybody that doesnt think there wasnt massive election fraud in the 2020 presidential election is either very stupid, or very corrupt!
There was no massive election fraud in the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden by 306-232 in the electoral college and by more than 7m ballots in the popular vote. But Trump thinks, or at least says, that there was massive election fraud. Though his own formula would therefore make him very stupid, or very corrupt, his claims have had deadly effect, stoking the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January.
That led to Trumps expulsion from social media, which is why he now communicates by statement, nominally a means of communication less open to spontaneous error. As it happens, Trump has some sort of form with double negatives and the dangers they pose. In July 2018, in Helsinki, he famously stood next to Vladimir Putin of Russia and said I dont see any reason why it would be Russia, which interfered in the 2016 US election.
Under fire for that remark, Trump said: The sentence should have been: I dont see any reason why I wouldnt or why it wouldnt be Russia. Sort of a double negative. Mockery was delighted and swift. So it was again on Saturday night, on Twitter, perhaps the lost platform most costly to Trump.
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UTUSN
(70,644 posts)9. We always knew he is anti-democracy, anti-science, anti-ideology. We could guess: Anti-GRAMMAR
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)10. Well now Colbert has great material for Monday.
Disaffected
(4,545 posts)13. Yes but,
Fahrenheit or Celsius??