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It's fucked up that he says it like it's some sort of flex, and his cultists eat it up.
I know that there has been a demonization of higher learning for a very long time in Conservative america. But I'm floored by how pervasive it's become that a vast majority have been completely gaslit by it.
Yeah, because even a moderately intelligent person recognizes him for the criminal fraud that he is. We've been saying it from the beginning:
He's a stupid person's idea of a smart person.
And a poor person's idea of a rich person.
Love to see him calling his supporters morons.
Yet they drop to their knees and say...."please sir, can I have some more?"
I mean, he's not wrong...
Logical run through:
*His statement: If you're smart, you don't like me.
*Contrapositive: If you like me, you are not smart.
Got it.
Thats the subtext. His followers won't get it unfortunately because...unfortunately they have the dumb, and its terminal.
The stupider you are, the more attractive his platform becomes. Smart people tend not to vote against their interests, but stupid people do it, do it proudly, and keep doing it even after it bites them in the ass.
How many times have we seen where someone's spouse has been deported or their benefits have been cut and they STILL support Trump.
Trump's #1 skill is telling people in the room what they want to hear. He's just pretty bad about following up. His followers tend not to hold him to the fire. For example, if he promises thing X and doesn't do it, later he was "trolling" or "that was a joke to rile up the Democrats". Of course, when he does get a win they trumpet that from the rooftops.
He's probably the first one with the combination of charisma and lack of ethics that makes him exploit his base.
It continually amazes me that he's been so successful at capturing low-income voters. When you look at Trump he was born with a silver spoon. The man lives in a literal gilded house! Yet, he manages to stay "relatable" to his base. If you're really wildly rich, I can see why you'd want to vote for Trump because he's done a lot of great things for the extremely wealthy. However, for the 99% of us that are not wealthy, I think he's made times pretty hard.
I wish I could say people are learning as we go along, but it seems like the voters are getting spanked and coming back asking for more.
So, I agree. Smart people mostly don't like him.
For once, he is right. Anyone moderately intelligent wouldn't like such a weak con man. He only appeals to weak men.
As... ridiculously fucking stupid as this sounds, it is what his base wants to hear.
They don't see "smart people" and think "people with an above average IQ" (and they sure as fuck don't understand what "average" means). They see "intellectuals" and "college students" and "pink haired people". Or, simply put, "people who think I am wrong". Which is exactly what they want to hate.
They desperate for the world to be simple so that their simple, “elegant” solution and “clean, traditional living” or whatever the hell else they got going on is justified. But also they’ll ignore any times that indigineous are right about things like caring for the environment in simple, clean ways.
Put it short, they just want to be validated without putting any work in. Saw too many movies they thought were documentaries.
The whole Trump Derangement Syndrome nonsense is so messed up.
It should be the opposite meaning. You have TDS if you cannot process the notion that Trump is bad or wrong
Literal newspeak, straight from 1984.
The third feature of Fascism.
Irrationalism also depends on the cult of action for action’s sake. Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation. Therefore culture is suspect insofar as it is identified with critical attitudes. Distrust of the intellectual world has always been a symptom of Ur-Fascism, from Goering’s alleged statement (“When I hear talk of culture I reach for my gun”) to the frequent use of such expressions as “degenerate intellectuals,” “eggheads,” “effete snobs,” “universities are a nest of reds.” The official Fascist intellectuals were mainly engaged in attacking modern culture and the liberal intelligentsia for having betrayed traditional values.
Pol Pot would supposedly round up and execute people wearing glasses because they were seen as "intellectuals".
You are not as far from this as you want to be.
Correct.
I love how he outright calls his supporters morons and they are still too dumb to get it.
I'm gonna give him credit here.
It's the first truthful AND self-aware thing he's said his entire term.
He's SO close to getting it
Almost there Donnie... What's the conclusion?
Also, you're a child rapist that is still using the government to cover it up.
I think somewhere, deep down, a small dot of intelligence is trying to come out of Trump's fat, orange blob of a body.
Whoa woah whoa, that's not completely true, Mr President! In addition, empathetic people don't like you, workers don't like you, lawful people don't like you, honest people don't like you, minorities don't like you, good people don't like you...
don't forget 14 year old girls.
He’s too stupid to understand why, though.
Yeah, they have you figured out to be a fool. BTW he’s talking about 5+ year old people.
Correct. Intelligent and knowledgeable people do not like Trump. It is the most ignorant among us that believe his lies and worship him like a god while he steps on them, and they thank him for the privilege of being his floorboards.
I'm dumb as rocks and I'm not exactly a fan.
Me who wears glasses:
chuckles "I'm in danger"
(cuz he's about to do a pol pot)
I don't like him.
Your MENSA card has shipped.
That's all the evidence I need to know you're smart.
I must be really smart
Smart people rightfully don't like paedophiles, who woulda thought?
I'm not smart and I hate the obese orange rapist. So some stupid people hate him too.
If you're capable of recognizing that you're not very smart, then you're already smarter than so many people.
Anyone with a functioning moral compass hates Trump.
