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One would have to assume this strategy is continuing to be used in the election season. In fact, there are many suspicious accounts that have recently become active in the politics sub, including some that I believe to be purchased.
Keep this in mind when reading these types of threads.
Including this thread, whose author is essentially just doing a post and dump list of links. Probably the same one on a dozen forums.
I thought I hadn't gotten past Argument from Ridicule.
Four years in I still don't get why smart people like yourself support an illiterate buffoon like Trump, up to and including lowering themselves to his level. Back in 2016 I thought anyone who listens to Trump speaking for at least a few minutes would see right through him but here we are. So what's the secret? Does it involve an incantation? Large amounts of chemical substances? Generations of party loyalty? What is it?
It's not uncommon for two (or more) people to listen to the same talk, and have totally divergent opinions about the content, the presentation, and the speaker.
In my case, it's quite simple. Some years ago there was a company I used for various jobs, the CEO was somewhat like trump. Annoying, rude, said the wrong things at the wrong times, on and on. But guess what? Everyone used this guy because he was simply the best, if you wanted great work done on time error free at a great price, you used him.
So I would lean toward 'half autistic genius with poor social skills' and it would not surprise me that various people with certain preconceptions would only see 'illiterate buffoon.' But of those two descriptions, yours is wrong and mine is right.
Talking about 'suspicious accounts' for a second, I highly doubt that people are going to come here to try to influence the election in some way. Not sure if that's what's being spoken about here, but we're like a niche of a niche of a niche in terms of the amount of members here are going to vote and actually care about the election. Plus ya know, you'd have to be in the US.
While I do go back and forth every so often about what I think about Trump (honestly, it may be the weather, lol) I don't think he is a dumb person. I think he knows EXACTLY what he is doing a lot of the time. Some things, obviously I can't explain with that, such as the Woodward book and his statements regarding Covid. But I do think that he wields his power of the Republican party in a very interesting way.
The guy can literally say whatever he wants now cause people have grown to expect it. Interesting, right? While his approval ratings have also been a bit wonky, you'd expect with the constant coverage of 'another trump scandal' every week, he'd be gone by now. But no.
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