The Infantilization Of The Republican Voter
Donald Trump does the equivalent of calling his opponents "poopy head", and his supporters cheer. When he describes an opponent as "sleepy" or "dopey" his fans laugh, seemingly enchanted by the cartoon moment.
I was listening to a show today, and the pundits started talking about Trump trying to go after Joe Biden. (Trump is calling Biden names, such as "loser", and says Biden is low energy.) The pundits say that Trump is "really good at" making personal attacks.
Yeah, he's really good at it, if the listener is a 4 year old. We had "Lying Ted" , "Little Marco" , Ugly Carly ("would you vote for that face?"), "Crazy" Nancy , and on and on. Trump is 'good at' the political version of baby talk.
Has our country really deteriorated so badly over the past 5 years or so that mindless drivel is categorized as "really good at it" ?
The media has a responsibility to object to this nonsense. The media dictates what will be the national discourse. We can't let Trump and his minions drag us into the poopy playpen with them.
Trump voters, when you see your man say something that is an equivalent of calling someone a doo doo face, does it make you proud?
Of all the inexplicable things done by Trump ,and lapped up by his fans, these idiotic "nicknames" are the worst.
What's inexplicable? As Trump has said quite often, he loves the uneducated. Judging by the acceptance of his embarrassing and infantile behavior, the uneducated love him right back.
Anyone who supports the crappy left wing Democrat agenda must be uneducated.
Nah, it was the Trump that said that.
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By bringing up Democrats when talking about what Trump said, you are engaging in deflection. By returning to the actual topic (Trump and his words), bbl-1 derailed your attempt at deflection. That's not deflection.
Yowzers.
He says what many of his supporters feel but are too polite to say.
Of course his detractors say lots of things and call him names also.
All's fair in politics, especially if it's true.
You brag about calling other people "Little Marco" or "Sleepy Joe"?
Second childhood?
As if any of Trumps deplorables have ever been "too polite". Trump is just repeating what many of his low IQ, poorly educated, limited vocabulary supporters have been calling politicians for years. Since they have virtually no clue how the government is supposed to work, all they focus on is what the government isn't doing for them so it was easy for Trump to pick up their tiki torch and proclaim himself their feckless leader.
Do you read this board?
you should be lecturing your fellow travelers, who make trump look positively Shakespearean in comparison.
You jumped the shark quite a while ago Sean.
I think him dissing Pelosi and Mueller with the backdrop of the dead of D Day is far worse.
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I don't understand why no reporter has the guts to ask Trump why he uses childish insults on grown ass people.
This question should be asked by a woman or a racial minority.
Short Answer... Trump is The Original Short Fingered Vulgarian...
Pot calling kettle black???
Amen. You beat me to it!
Your record is intact.
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Most likely two reasons, number one should they ever wish to be called on again it would not be a very good idea (blacklist). Secondly the answer is in your question, he resorts to childish insults because he is a child and knows no other method, which most already realize.
Better yet the GOP leadership as a whole.
I hate the name calling. It seems to work for him, though, so I don't expect it to stop.
Maybe he has nothing more intelligent to say.
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Yeah, right...
All ~60+ million of them!
His deplorables are easily amused.
They obviously have a very low bar set for themselves. Anything above the curb would be way to difficult for them to understand.
Make them proud? Hell they copy him and do it themselves.
I really don’t pay attention to 99% of what Trump says. What matters are his actions and those are a 1000% improvement over the previous four presidents.
reversing the courts
rolling back regulations
standing strong against abortion
getting tough on global trade
criticizing the federal reserve which we need to abolish
pulling out of the Paris Accords and other policy changes to roll back the government AGW hoax
pulling the US out of the phony Iran deal
restoring our relationship with Israel and moving the embassy to Jerusalem
getting tough on illegal immigration
What has he reversed?
Hurray! More pollution for everyone.
Trump? The guy who has paid porn stars to have sex with him? The guy who has had affairs on every wife he has had? Why would you really think he is against abortion?
And our trade deficit is rapidly growing because of it.
Hasn't taken any steps at all in that direction.
Yeah! Who cares what all the experts say! Who cares that Trump has claimed climate change in the insurance claim of one of his golf courses.
Showing that the US cannot be trusted with international agreements, even when every other party is following it. Iran is now free to immediately pursue nuclear weapons.
And ruining our relationship with all our other allies. Why do you care where the embassy is?
You mean he has stopped hiring them at all his properties? Or are you talking about the kidnapping and caging of children on the border?
Trumpians infantile? Propaganda works.
This too. A population divided and afraid of itself is a much easier target to have its pockets picked. And the Trump family are masters at picking the pockets of others.