Donald Trump demanded Rep. Jamaal Bowman be thrown in jail for triggering the fire alarm at a Congressional office building, calling it "worse" than January 6.
So he finally admits the January 6th criminals are criminals?
Kinda but not really. He’s saying IF they’re criminals, Bowman is also just as bad of a criminal.
It’s like the child that gets in trouble for something serious, so they tell on their sibling for something much more benign and demand they get the same punishment. They aren’t admitting guilt, just making a false equivalence because misery loves company.
I think it’s dangerous to think of him as stupid. He’s undoubtedly stupid. But he’s also cunning in the same way a raccoon is. It’s not raw intelligence, it’s some kind of freak skill at saying what others want to hear. And his reward isn’t getting into a garbage can in an alley, it’s attention. He loves it.
So thinking of him as stupid is dangerous. Because when he gets attention, there’s a segment that want that same attention and get it by being more extreme and acting. Something Trump can’t do on his own (again, too stupid, lazy, and incompetent) but he can make others do his bidding.
And there’s something about that ignorant, blind grasping for negative attention torn from a toddlers playbook but fueled by shitty beer, childhood trauma, and macho bravado mistaken for actual motivation that can be deadly.
Trump and the GOP’s desperation to try to equate everything to Trump’s insurrection is as transparent as it is pathetic and ineffectual.
Yeah, but isn’t this saying the people on January 6th are criminals? I mean he’s probably too stupid to realize it, but isn’t that what he’s saying?
Kinda but not really. He’s saying IF they’re criminals, Bowman is also just as bad of a criminal.
It’s like the child that gets in trouble for something serious, so they tell on their sibling for something much more benign and demand they get the same punishment. They aren’t admitting guilt, just making a false equivalence because misery loves company.
Everyone knows treason deserves the same punishment as a school student pulling a prank.
I think it’s dangerous to think of him as stupid. He’s undoubtedly stupid. But he’s also cunning in the same way a raccoon is. It’s not raw intelligence, it’s some kind of freak skill at saying what others want to hear. And his reward isn’t getting into a garbage can in an alley, it’s attention. He loves it.
So thinking of him as stupid is dangerous. Because when he gets attention, there’s a segment that want that same attention and get it by being more extreme and acting. Something Trump can’t do on his own (again, too stupid, lazy, and incompetent) but he can make others do his bidding.
And there’s something about that ignorant, blind grasping for negative attention torn from a toddlers playbook but fueled by shitty beer, childhood trauma, and macho bravado mistaken for actual motivation that can be deadly.
False equivalence fallacy.
It’s hypernormalizing and unfortunately it’s been pretty effective.
While at the same time trying to pretend that the insurrectionists were just “peaceful tourists who have been railroaded by evil Democrats.”