(April 18, 2025 at 7:04 am)Belacqua Wrote: And I don't think this is Trump's doing. In fact I think it's the opposite -- I think that a large part of Trump's popularity comes from the fact that he talks the way the rest of us do. He's "direct" and "tells it like it is." He doesn't bother with courtesy, he just says what he thinks. And even anti-Trump people see those things as good. Vulgarity is seen as a sign of sincerity. If we disagree, we get nasty. Nastiness is encouraged, as long as the target is someone who falls outside of our locally approved ideology.
I literally don't know anyone IRL who talks the way Trump does, which I take to mean "lies all the time." Facts are still facts, no matter how many times someone denies them. Honesty must include the attempt to be accurate. Trump doesn't even try, and apparently never admits he is wrong or takes corrections.
