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on: May 30, 2017, 04:15:48 PM
Don't pass this one by, or assume it's just a Trump hit piece; it's not.

The article offers a very insightful explanation of how Trump's bullshit, rather than being simply an artifact of his dishonesty or cluelessness (it is both) is actually a test. In Trump's world that it is untrue is irrelevant. It only matters that you support it because Trump said it.

In Trump's world, loyalty to Trump is the only thing that matters.

The Bullshitter-in-Chief

Donald Trump’s disregard for the truth is something more sinister than ordinary lying.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit
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Reply #2 on: May 30, 2017, 05:45:55 PM
Joan passed the test!



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Reply #3 on: May 30, 2017, 05:58:00 PM
I haven't read "On Bullshit" since college. 

It fits the Orange Menace to a T.

I found this amusing:

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He told the Economist that he invented the phrase “prime the pump.”
He says China stopped manipulating its currency only after he won the election.
He says “millions” of illegal voters cost him the popular vote.
He claims to have had an incredibly productive first 100 days in office.
He says labor force dropouts are counted as employed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
He says Germany and other NATO members owe money to the United States.

It reminds me of this quote from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery:

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He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy.

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Reply #4 on: May 30, 2017, 06:00:46 PM
Joan passed the test!

Yeah, actually, I know. Joan is loyal to Trump, as opposed to loyal to reality.



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Reply #5 on: May 30, 2017, 09:39:06 PM
What my father said.

http://www.kristensboard.com/forums/index.php?topic=12398.msg464707#msg464707

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Like assholes, everyone has an opinion. Unfortunately, the larger the asshole then the more frequent and outlandish the opinion.

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