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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I saw that after I posted and others commented. It was before my coffee, I blame that. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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One of Trump's biggest flaws is his stream of consciousness style of speaking. It's so unlike anything the country has seen before from their politicians, let alone a president. Think back to every other POTUS press conference (regardless of occupant or party), they're all sanitized and handled. The moment a Clinton/Bush/Obama/Carter started to speak "off the cuff", there would be a handler right there to either usher them away from the press or (artfully) nudge them back on course. That doesn't happen with Trump. That is -- imo -- both a weakness and strength of Trump. It's a weakness because it makes it very easy for his political enemies (which every POTUS has) to clip seemingly damning sound-bytes and put them on blast for multiple news cycles until the public forgets the full context (if they ever knew it in the first place) and only remembers the damning words. It also is a weakness because the majority of centrists/independents/non-partisans (who are the majority in this country I still believe) who don't have time or the interest to follow the minutia of any news cycle, come away turned off or scared when they only see/hear Trump through the lens of these sound-bytes. But it's also a strength (imo) because as someone who values transparency, this kind of unfiltered access to the president's thought process is a breath of fresh air. It takes a bit of time and work to get used to his style, but once you do it becomes MUCH easier to understand what he's saying and why he's saying in the explosive way that he tends to do. He literally starts thoughts -- then stops in the middle of a sentence, changes topics (sometimes wildly) to use as an example of the point he was making (but had yet to land) -- then shifts back to original point/question without filling in the blank. But if you take the time to consider what he's actually saying in those breaks and leaps, it always tends to be less explosive/crazy than the jumbled version sounds at first blush. That's why, with Trump more than perhaps any other president, it's much more important to focus on the actual actions he takes over the words he says (or how those words are reported/circulated by the media). His actions, despite the hype and fear pushed by the messengers in our society, have been in line with an old fashioned centrist liberal much more so than a right wing authoritarian. Just my two cents.
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
More on the above study (thread) -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Which is why you have to read the source information -- and not rely on the news or Trump to be your interpreter. And once you do that, you'll see your rage is VERY misplaced. I'll prove it if you'll have the conversation with me... tell me what you care most about with regards to the federal government. Keep partisanship/names out of it, stick to the issues that matter to you personally. This isn't an attempt to play "gotcha" or argue your own beliefs, but to understand them so we can dig deeper into who's your true adversary in this moment in history.
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
A very good bet. -
Nope. Never once have I complained to a mod about another poster or asked action to be taken. Why would I do that, when I can stomp you much more easily myself and expose your limited intelligence and piss poor reasoning in an attempt to inform and educate others? You're lying. And you know you're lying. Because you're terrible at this.
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You mean the same news organizations that got every bit of the Trump/Russia story wrong (most knowingly so) in order to lie to you? Gee. I wonder why that is? Read the declaration(s) of the state of emergency. Don't get your news from proven liars. Go to the source. Read and educate yourself first before taking in information from proven liars and manipulators. It's the only way to get through this massive disinformation war we're all engaged in (whether we know it or not, or accept it or not).
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The Deep State War Heats Up :ph34r:
Deranged Rhino replied to Deranged Rhino's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Flashback: Important in the months ahead. -
The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Timed (again) with a ton of Q drops. That's not to make this about Q, but to point out that he's activating both of his most direct channels to the people to say a lot today. In the past, that portends some big news breaking later in the day (most times, it's not a science). So I'd expect another spicy press conference today. -
The Media's Portrayal of Trump and His Presidency
Deranged Rhino replied to Nanker's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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Looking in the mirror again, as you ran around here for weeks claiming millions of Americans were about to die... and since then, you've not taken a breath to even acknowledge how ***** wrong you were. Because, you're the actual lunatic. Completely emotional, devoid of reason and logic, and driven solely by your FEELZ! More fake news from the source. Something I've never done once on here Ever. But, when you lie 24/7, what else do you expect? Go back to pushing that sweet, sweet, disinformation Billz/sTime. You've been wrong about damn near everything you've posted. It's hilarious to the rest of the folks out there with working frontal lobes.
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It does -- unless there's a declared emergency in every state, which there is. Fine print is a B word if you're a good consumer of information (which you continue to prove your'e not). But it's a moot point anyway. Trump's talking big (Art of the Deal), but words aren't action. It's designed to get people in line with his position. You have to separate the words from the actions of all politicians, but doubly so with Trump due to both the biased/terrible coverage of his administration and his own (at times) self-defeating stream-of-consciousness style of speaking to the American public.
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☝️ Doesn't understand what Twitter is for. It's not for talking to the governors, it's for talking to the people. Who controls the governors? We do. Unless you're a prog-fascist like Billz/sTime. Then you reverse it and claim you know best. Prog-fascists can't help but to expose themselves daily, doubly so when they rock REAL small brains to begin with, and most those are now filled with a toxic swill of TDS and projection.
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The Deep State War Heats Up :ph34r:
Deranged Rhino replied to Deranged Rhino's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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The Next Pandemic: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Deranged Rhino replied to Hedge's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits