Poll: What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump? IDIOT! [View all]
Yet, Congressional Repugs stick to him.
New poll reveals the first word that comes to mind when Americans think of Trump
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/new-poll-reveals-the-first-word-that-comes-to-mind-when-americans-think-of-trump/
09 Jul 2017 at 09:14 ET
“What is the first word that comes to mind when you think of Donald Trump?”
That’s the open-ended question a Quinnipiac poll asked Americans recently. The No. 1 answer: “idiot.”
Have you seen anything since then that would move the needle away from “idiot”? Or from “ignorant” (the ninth most frequent answer), or “stupid” (12th)? He doesn’t know what’s in the Senate’s health care bill. He’s not reading his intelligence briefings. He’s watching more Fox News than your cranky uncle. His behavior seems engineered to provoke responses like, “Can you believe what an idiot/ignoramus/stupid person Trump is?”
I’ll grant you those aren’t exact synonyms. As Mrs. Bustard, my honors English teacher at Union High, always said, the reason there are different words for the same thing is that they’re not the exact same thing. “Ignorant” implies a lack of knowledge that can be remedied by education, while “idiot” suggests an irremediable mental deficiency. The difference between “idiot” and “stupid” seems subtler, and involves attitude. I’d also put “moron” in that cluster, which I was surprised not to see on the list of nearly 50 words.............................
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