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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

Trump Says ‘Smart People Don’t Like Me’

www.thedailybeast.com

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Trump Says ‘Smart People Don’t Like Me’

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dantheclamman@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 15 hours ago
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The president’s remark drew laughter from a crowd of supporters.
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    For once, he is right. Anyone moderately intelligent wouldn’t like such a weak con man. He only appeals to weak men.

  • Sunflier@lemmy.world
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    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.

  • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    He for once set the bar too high. Its normal people dont like him. To him normal folk are smart.

  • BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world
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    He’s SO close to getting it

  • fittedsyllabi@lemmy.world
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    Dumbasses adore you.

  • Frenchfryenjoyer (she/her)@lemmings.world
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    Smart people rightfully don’t like paedophiles, who woulda thought?

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    Almost there Donnie… What’s the conclusion?

    Also, you’re a child rapist that is still using the government to cover it up.

  • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net
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    I’m dumb as rocks and I’m not exactly a fan.

  • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    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.

    — Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco

    • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I do have to wonder what a society looks like when every decision is always pulling the trolley lever

  • minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    So he’s either admitting he’s stupid or admitting he doesn’t like himself?

    • LoicenseForThat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      He’s admitting that his voters are stupid.

  • D_C@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m not smart and I hate the obese orange rapist. So some stupid people hate him too.

    • ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online
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      Anyone with a functioning moral compass hates Trump.

    • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Arguably you’re not dumb then, just saying.

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    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…

    • crandlecan@mander.xyz
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      So barely 49% of the US populace?

    • dellish@lemmy.world
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      And yet… still got elected? I find this disconnect so bizarre.

    • peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world
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      don’t forget 14 year old girls.

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    Took him long enough to notice that people with brains don’t like fascists.

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    Considering that Trump is a narcissist, has he just called himself stupid?

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      He showed us he looks down on smart people and doesn’t respect their opinions nor facts…

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    Every once in a while, even he gets something right.

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