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发帖数: 2239 | 1 By Scott Adams
Thanks to timely assists from Wikileaks, Trump has successfully framed
Hillary clinton as a crooked politician. Meanwhile, Clinton has successfully
framed Trump as a dangerous monster. If the mainstream polls are accurate,
voters prefer the crook to the monster. That makes sense because a crook
might steal your wallet but the monster could kill you. As of today, Clinton
has the superior persuasion strategy. Crook beats monster.
Reality isn’t a factor in this election, as per usual. If the truth
mattered, voters might care that the Democratic primaries were rigged
against Sanders. They might care that the Clinton Foundation looks like a
pay-to-play scheme. They might care that the FBI gave Clinton a free pass.
They might care that we know Clinton cheated in at least one debate by
getting a question in advance. They might care that Clinton’s dirty-tricks
people incited the violence at Trump rallies. They might care that Clinton’
s “speaking fees” were curiously high. They might care about all of that.
But they don’t, because a crook is still a safer choice than a monster.
The biggest illusion this election is that we think the people on the other
side can’t see the warts on their own candidate. But I think they do.
Clinton supporters know she is crooked, but I think they assume it is a
normal degree of crookedness for an American politician. Americans assume
that even the “good” politicians are trading favors and breaking every
rule that is inconvenient to them. I’ve never heard a Clinton supporter
defend Clinton as being pure and honest. Her supporters like her despite her
crookedness.
Likewise, Trump supporters know what they are getting. They know he’s
offensive. They know he’s under-informed on policies. They know he pays as
little in taxes as possible. They know he uses bankruptcy laws when needed.
They know he ignores facts that are inconvenient to his message. They just
don’t care. They want to push the monster into Washington D.C., close the
door, and let him break everything that needs to be broken. Demolition is
usually the first step of building something new. And Trump also knows how
to build things when he isn’t in monster mode.
Clinton’s team of persuaders have successfully crafted Trump’s offensive
language and hyperbole into an illusion that he’s a sexist/racist in some
special way that is different from the average citizen. The reality is that
everyone is a little bit sexist and a little bit racist. We’re all wired
that way. There’s no escape if you are human. Our brains are pattern-
recognition machines, but not good ones. That’s what gets us in trouble. We
see patterns where none exist. None of us are exempt from that. But we can
use our limited sense of reason to see past it.
Clinton’s persuaders have taken advantage of the public’s faulty pattern
recognition to build an illusion about Trump that he is a horrible monster
who hates people because of their genitalia, their skin pigmentation, and
their sexual preferences. I don’t believe Trump holds any of those views in
2016. But there is plenty of confirmation bias to make us think he does,
thanks to Team Clinton’s persuasion efforts. For example…
There was the time Trump said we need good border control with Mexico, and
Clinton turned that into something racist because of the way he worded it.
There was the time Trump said we need to try harder to keep out terrorists
who want to kill us, and Clinton turned that into something racist because
of the way he worded it.
There was the time that Trump said a judge with Mexican heritage might be
biased against him because 90% of American citizens with Mexican heritage
are biased against him. Clinton turned that into something racist because of
the way Trump worded it.
There was the time that Trump didn’t need much sleep one night and decided
to fire off a few thoughts on Twitter about one of his accusers. But because
it was late at night, Clinton framed that as some sort of “meltdown” to
prove Trump is unstable.
I realize I can’t change anyone’s mind if they see Trump as a monster who
hates people with different genitalia and with skin pigmentation that is far
superior to his own pasty-orange covering. To me, those illusions about
Trump are ridiculous on face value. I can’t change anyone’s mind if they
see Trump as a monster. So instead I will make you a promise.
My promise: If Trump gets elected, and he does anything that looks even
slightly Hitler-ish in office, I will join the resistance movement and help
kill him. That’s an easy promise to make, and I hope my fellow citizens
would use their Second Amendment rights to rise up and help me kill any
Hitler-type person who rose to the top job in this country, no matter who it
is.
As I often say, Democrats generally use guns to commit crimes. Republican
use guns for sport and for self-defense. If you are a Republican gun-owner,
and you value the principles of the Constitution, I’m confident you would
join me in the resistance movement and help kill any leader that exhibited
genuine animosity toward people because of their genitalia, sexual
preference, or skin pigmentation.
In other words, I’m willing to bet my life that the “monster” view of
Trump is an illusion.
That said, I also don’t know which candidate has the best policies. I
wouldn’t risk my life for any of their tax plans or ISIS-fighting
strategies. I’m only interested in helping the public see past their
hallucinations about the monster under the bed. You’re on your own to
decide who has the best policies.
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/152115888936/the-crook-versus-the-monster | V*****i
发帖数: 9883 | 2 voters are plain stupid
[在 xjbjcd (路人甲) 的大作中提到：]
:By Scott Adams
:Thanks to timely assists from Wikileaks, Trump has successfully framed
:Hillary clinton as a crooked politician. Meanwhile, Clinton has
successfully framed Trump as a dangerous monster. If the mainstream polls
are accurate, voters prefer the crook to the monster. That makes sense
because a crook
:might steal your wallet but the monster could kill you. As of today,
Clinton has the superior persuasion strategy. Crook beats monster.
:Reality isn’t a factor in this election, as per usual. If the truth
:mattered, voters might care that the Democratic primaries were rigged
:against Sanders. They might care that the Clinton Foundation looks like a
:pay-to-play scheme. They might care that the FBI gave Clinton a free pass.
:They might care that we know Clinton cheated in at least one debate by
:getting a question in advance. They might care that Clinton’s dirty-tricks
people incited the violence at Trump rallies. They might care that Clinton
’s “speaking fees” were curiously high. They might care about all of that
. But they don’t, because a crook is still a safer choice than a monster.
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