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turingtest · 12th November 2020, 05:53 AM

Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza

That's not the point.

I'm not worried about Trump, I'm worried about the really smart people around him who do nothing to stop him.

Originally Posted by Bubba

What worries you most, in that regard?

Not speaking for TGZ, but the thing that worries me about the smart people doing nothing to stop Trump is the way that eggs on the really dumb people who seem to make up so much of his strutting and strident base. It's one thing to have an uninformed constituency; it's another thing entirely to deliberately want them misinformed.

12th November 2020, 05:53 AM	#192
turingtest Mistral, mistral wind... Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Embedded, reporting from Mississippi Posts: 4,676	Originally Posted by The Great Zaganza That's not the point. I'm not worried about Trump, I'm worried about the really smart people around him who do nothing to stop him. Originally Posted by Bubba What worries you most, in that regard? Not speaking for TGZ, but the thing that worries me about the smart people doing nothing to stop Trump is the way that eggs on the really dumb people who seem to make up so much of his strutting and strident base. It's one thing to have an uninformed constituency; it's another thing entirely to deliberately want them misinformed.
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