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Bernie Sanders response... (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] grrgyle 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump did kind of show Republicans that if you lean into your bullshit without flinching that no one will stop you. I think it's hard to pull off for non-narcissists, though.

Remember "grab them by the pussy?" We all thought he was done after that, the media started circling for the inevitable play of contrition, which... never came. He just kept spouting bullshit, and it worked

That and voter suppression and probably foreign interference to destabilise the US

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I think it's hard to pull off for non-narcissists, though.

No, being visibly neurodivergent is terrible for your chances in politics unless you can lean in to the ND image. Look at how many people call Zuckerberg a robot or a lizard because he has visible autism. Elon kinda got away with leaning into the autism ND image for a while, but it didn't do anything for him after he started openly being a Nazi, because the people who admire an openly autistic person aren't Nazis. As a right wing political figure, being openly neurodivergent is terrible for your image, and that's why Trump presents himself as a neurotypical. And while nobody can say for sure without actually evaluating him clinically, I think it's fair to say his neurotypical straight cis male persona is genuine. Trump is not a member of a socially disabled vulnerable minority.