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A HERETIC I AM

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10. It's an old playbook, and it can't be denied that he knows it, cover to cover

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 11, 2020, 04:53 PM

Jul 2020

It's been said by many that know him that he is very savvy regarding how to manipulate people; That he is very gregarious in person, that he will make you seem important, and that you are, in that moment of meeting him, the most important person in the world to him, etc. And when he isn't getting his way, or when things aren't going the way he wants them to go, his behavior changes in a very predictable way.

All the traits of the "How to win friends and influence people" concept.

Trumpy is a moron, but he is not stupid. He is dangerous in that regard, and that is precisely why he needs to be utterly defeated.

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Who would have believed that millions could gobble up so much bullshit? [View all] Cyrano Jul 2020 OP

They get off on his Jspur Jul 2020 #1

I think... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #2

Hard to believe, yet, enough of them Cyrano Jul 2020 #8

I think you are pretty spot on with your assessment. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #17

I think all you've said is correct only there is more lunatica Jul 2020 #25

You're right, Lunatica. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #26

hugely successful repug propaganda, elleng Jul 2020 #3

Yep, exactly this EleanorR Jul 2020 #12

atwater+ elleng Jul 2020 #15

1500 coordinated unchallenged radio stations, invisible to dems and city-dwelling media and certainot Jul 2020 #27

Right, surely invisible to me. elleng Jul 2020 #35

..👍🏼 uponit7771 Jul 2020 #43

but it's so OBVIOUSLY propaganda Skittles Jul 2020 #40

'They,' the targets, not interested in who or why, elleng Jul 2020 #41

Authoritarian followers are susceptible to demagogues. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4

It's an old playbook, and it can't be denied that he knows it, cover to cover A HERETIC I AM Jul 2020 #10

Yep. He started with "Let's hate the Mexicans" Cyrano Jul 2020 #11

He was attacking the "Democrat" Jews this am on Twitter kimbutgar Jul 2020 #16

He pisses off people they hate Blecht Jul 2020 #5

As evidence, I give you my brother... TreasonousBastard Jul 2020 #6

+1, what anti terrorism agents do with ISIS recruits is to mock their logic with short quips ... uponit7771 Jul 2020 #13

Yeah. I was criticising limbaugh when Dios Mio Jul 2020 #24

I suspect that Oppositional Defiant Disorder is pretty common in the US. nt tblue37 Jul 2020 #7

It's been happening for years. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #9

My country right or wrong ... OMGWTF Jul 2020 #28

It's also amazing how they never seem to learn... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #30

How can such a large segment of the populace be so thoroughly misinformed? Jeebo Jul 2020 #14

Teach bro, teach! dobleremolque Jul 2020 #22

learned behavior stillcool Jul 2020 #18

They don't know how to live in the world they think Dems want to create. gulliver Jul 2020 #19

I personally feel like social media has had a big part in this as well. chowder66 Jul 2020 #20

It definitely helps to keep them in a bubble. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2020 #21

Yes, there's that aspect too along with hate radio and media. chowder66 Jul 2020 #23

Fox matt819 Jul 2020 #29

Well put, and I think that's been the real question at least since Bush v Gore. 0nirevets Jul 2020 #31

American Tribalism: A third will vote for the GOP no matter what. denem Jul 2020 #32

They believe he's the smartest businessman in the world. Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #33

MAGAzis are really more accurately called disrupters bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #34

They didn't get STUPID ... GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #36

A complex question worth of two Nobel prize. One shot is the symbiosis with faux news. TrumpCleaner Jul 2020 #37

I think it was mainly because of the "Apprentice" show SpaceNeedle Jul 2020 #38

The live in an alternate reality helped along by a daily does of FOX News jimlup Jul 2020 #39

YouTube comment: "Democrats are getting everything they want and it's still not enough" Awsi Dooger Jul 2020 #42

They're wired differently... Fyrefox Jul 2020 #44

:) Just remembered this quote for another thread. Hortensis Jul 2020 #45

Abortion is another reason Dirty Socialist Jul 2020 #46