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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Donald Trump is incapable of complex thinking. [View all]Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)14. Drumpfs mind runs on "The Gut" platform.
Described by Charlie Pierce-
Idiot America is a strange, disordered place. Everything is on the wrong shelves. The truth of something is defined by how many people will attest to it, and facts are defined by those peoples fervency. Fiction and nonfiction are defined by how well they sell. The best sellers are on one shelf, cheek by jowl, whether whats contained in them is true or not. People wander blindly, following the Gut into dark corners and aisles that lead nowhere, confusing possibilities with threats, jumping at shadows, stumbling around. They trip over piles of fiction left strewn around the floor of the nonfiction aisles. They fall down. They land on other people, and those other people can get hurt.
― Charles P. Pierce, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
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You could tell also in how hard he looked at Hillary when she was talking
Madam45for2923
Sep 2016
#3
He is easily confused, distracted, and loses track of the subject which showed itself in his
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2016
#13
Which makes him the same as, sadly, the majority of the people in this country
Cosmocat
Sep 2016
#12
If you know a millennial who intends to vote for Gary Johnson, explain to them that he intends to
world wide wally
Sep 2016
#19
Good point, I will be with my neighbors on Saturday, not mellennials but will point out Johnson want
Thinkingabout
Sep 2016
#30
The entire Republican party is like that, especially after they're elected. single minded hive drags
Sunlei
Sep 2016
#22
Well, in the USA, it's at least 50% of the people who are like that, possibly more.
raccoon
Sep 2016
#37