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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Something like, you're taking his words too literally, but at the same time dismissing him as a threat/believing that what he says has less support and appeal than it really does. Originally came about during the election, and not from a supporter, but from old school conservatives sitting on the sideline, iirc.
Of course, the same people who say we shouldn't take him literally and he doesn't mean what he says literally are also the ones who say they like him because he tells it like it is and is a straight shooter, so what do I know?
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |It's like "you're not supposed to take him literally!"
But I thought he was supposed to tell it like it is!
edited 15th Mar '17 3:08:31 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!The amount of double-think Trump's supporters have to come up with to defend his double-talk is staggering.
At this point I'm thinking that the people who voted for Trump who aren't misogynistic white supremacists have fallen into the Sunk-Cost Fallacy. "Hey, I voted for Trump, but he's turning out to be terrible and not accomplishing any of the things he's promised! But if I admit that now, I'll just look stupid for believing him! So I gotta keep supporting him and hope he turns things around next month, or next year, or the year after..." and meanwhile the hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper.
edited 15th Mar '17 3:12:35 PM by danime91
The only way I can see that sentence working is in response to someone getting Sidetracked by the Analogy, which I somehow doubt is the case here.
Most people didnt actually vote for Trump, they voted against the Washington DC establishment, whom they do not trust. It's only necessary to believe that Trump is doing their interests (white middle class) less damage than the Washington elites do. Not saying I agree with them, just explainin'.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.But not "literally," since there is no evidence for that, only for whatever prompted this whole debacle (something to do with FISA and Russia), which again does not actually support the claim of literal wiretapping.
The same thing has happened before, as when he spouted off about Obama founding ISIS. However, when explicitly given the opportunity to say he didn't mean it literally, he rejected it and dug himself deeper.
And now that he's president, and accusing his predecessor of committing a criminal act, government agencies are apparently obligated to take his conspiracies literally. And I don't doubt for a second that he is stupid and paranoid enough to personally believe that Obama is literally conspiring against him.
edited 15th Mar '17 4:58:44 PM by Eschaton
That kind of conspiracy theorist tends to view themselves as the Only Sane Man. They would think that it was great that a conspiracy theorist became president. I knew someone like that, and he thought Kennedy was the best president...because he was trying to expose the Illuminati and was assassinated for it.
The problem is that Trump makes up conspiracy theories left and right without any ability to connect them together. This is the same guy who said that the leaks were real but the news reporting on the existence of the leaks was fake.
Hawaiian judge halts Trump's new travel ban
There's a rather amusing overlap between conspiracy theorists and radical ideologies (that tend to conspire a lot).
Leviticus 19:34I don't know that that's amusing so much as what happens when two things have a large overlapping audience. For one thing, you have to be deep into an ideology to believe in conspiracy theories. I wouldn't imagine that dedicated theorists have much in the way of moderate political views.
Edit: So it turns out that Trump isn't really taking advantage of supposed good press coming from his tax form leak, and is instead complaining about it. This according to this David Kay Johnston guy (I think that's his name I'm watching TV right now) puts some doubt on the idea that Trump leaked this himself to generate good press, and that this is a genuine leak somewhere in the line.
edited 15th Mar '17 4:28:46 PM by AceofSpades
Trump's Approval Rating is now the lowest it's been on Rasmussen: 47% Approval, 53% Disapproval.
Even Conservatives are getting tired of him!
It is important to know, however, that Rasmussen is a Conservative leaning Poll, and was one of the few Polls to have had Trump above 50% for more then a week. The fact that his Approval rating is starting to drop there is a sign that soon everyone will be hating him worse then Moderates and Liberals hated Bush during his 2nd Term!
edited 15th Mar '17 4:55:16 PM by DingoWalley1

edited 15th Mar '17 3:02:31 PM by nightwyrm_zero