This is why I’ve been writing for years that “nothing in movement conservatism makes sense except in the light of creationism.” It’s the exact same tactics, just repurposed for other causes. I share the frustration.
It is enormously frustrating to know, as an evolutionary biologist with experience from the trenches of the creationist wars on science, that nobody on Biden’s team nor CNN’s seem to be aware of the Gish Gallop, 30y after Eugenie Scott described it and years of Trump deploying it!
I've done a bit of public speaking, and it seems to me that the Gish gallop is incredibly difficult to deal with. You have to mentally tear yourself out of the discussion to say 'You're full of it.'
But yes, Biden seemed unprepared for it.
This is why we need more peoplewith terrible personalities in politics. I have zero problem doing this, because I have no charisma and don't care what people think of me as a person. Put me up there and I'll make Trump stroke out within half an hour.
I would use a patronizing singsong on him. "Did your fake general have tears in his eyes when he told you about post birth abortions, sir? Fake tears for fake stories, sir?"
i’d love to see joe on a high energy day just say to his face some shit like “maybe change your shitty diaper before you spew more shit, you soft, spoiled son of a bitch” on camera
note: this is not intended to be Biden Stanning. i just want dems to show some teeth and i like when joe gets riled up bc he gets so old school white man mad
It's like that Kendrick/Drake tweet that was going around a bit ago "find your opponent's weak point and maintain message discipline"
Which in Trump's case would be calling him a traitorous, broke loser. Over. And over. And over.
They NEED you to either stay civil and nice or completely lose your shit and start screaming. If you mock them like a playground bully and get real personal they can't take it. Trump is obsessed with being respected. So disrespect him. He's a sad old loser felon who fails at everything and stinks.
He walks out and you just hold your nose. "Drop a load in your drawers there, Stinky?" Totally derailed. Totally. He'd spend a half hour on how he did not shit his pants
YES! Like "did you just fart?" Puerile and childish wins with these creeps every time. I wish Hillary Clinton had done that when he was walking around behind her on stage in 2016
My spouse ripped a Trump sticker off the side of a gas pump today and a senior citizen said “hey! You put that back on there!”
Spouse: “I will not,” and dropped it in a trash can. A minute later, we were inside the gas station and the Trumper was *still* whining to her husband about the incident.
Specificity is what stings, and picking up on what they project. A lot of these balls of insecurities come in the same few basic types. Too focused on the physical because they lack any depth or way to get some is common, and they're never perfect looking.
Even better: the “classy” mock. “America is tired of this man and his crimes, his temper tantrums at losing the election, the endless stories of him abusing and offending people and his gastrointestinal problems in court. Everyone around him is miserable. Even he looks unhappy with himself.“
He was furious and obsessed with the “suckers and losers” remark through the whole debate, because that was *his* 4-star general disrespecting him by breaking his confidence, dontchaknow
Trump devolves psychologically into fascism due to his own inability & therefore a need for debilitating power structures against his enemies. Trump's psychology of self-worth derived from (i) hierarchical position above others (ii) markedly so those with greater intelligence, cognitive acuity.
Honestly, I think you'd be pretty ideal. A younger woman who just isn't scared of him and has comprehensive knowledge of disinfo and the far right what we need. If you were also an insult comic, I'd say we replace Biden with you right the hell now
I honestly think that’s how you “debate” Trump. Hell, ask him how much he weighs to watch him either dodge the question or say something ridiculous. It’s not an actual debate anyway—might as well just do a campaign speech and ignore he’s there.
Anyone who passes within fifty feet of him in the next few months should just mutter “I’ll be *damned*” and look confused if asked about it.
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This resonates! I’m extremely good at making horrible men lose composure in debates and negotiations (one time I made a VP at Bank of America STRESS CRY 💅🏻) but it always comes at the cost of Likability Points and a lot would have to change in US culture for that to be a politically viable trait.
i once made an entitled man leave an entire bar bc he tried to get in between me and my female friend and i just looked at him and said “we’re talking” and when he started spluttering i said “not with you”
truly the mildest of pushbacks, if held, can cause them to melt down
