I'll be 74 in a few weeks. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the Twin Towers fell. It's like having a film loop in my brain. I can't unsee it. Trump lies in the same way that the rest of us breathe - automatically and without conscious thought.
thanks for this. helps me maintain sanity. your last sentence hits hard… that enough of us were moral or at least cognitive failures to elect him democratically, and that so much of society is catering to him if not complicit fascists is despairing. (the nyt referred to others 'disputing' his 911 accounts, leaving the impression that "opinions vary." i know that most people are decent enough, but what are we even doing here?
Thanks for bringing Harry Frankfurt’s indispensable work into the conversation. I reference it frequently whenever I’m forced to contemplate Trump’s bullshit. Another useful study is The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John Petrocelli.
As for which came first—the madness or the deception—I think you’re right, but the fact that both co-exist in Trump’s daily behavior is the most damning fact.
I'll be 74 in a few weeks. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when the Twin Towers fell. It's like having a film loop in my brain. I can't unsee it. Trump lies in the same way that the rest of us breathe - automatically and without conscious thought.
Yeah we can't let him off the hook for being a piece of shit. Nor the people who tolerate the bullshit because they value racism and sexism so much.
thanks for this. helps me maintain sanity. your last sentence hits hard… that enough of us were moral or at least cognitive failures to elect him democratically, and that so much of society is catering to him if not complicit fascists is despairing. (the nyt referred to others 'disputing' his 911 accounts, leaving the impression that "opinions vary." i know that most people are decent enough, but what are we even doing here?
Thanks for bringing Harry Frankfurt’s indispensable work into the conversation. I reference it frequently whenever I’m forced to contemplate Trump’s bullshit. Another useful study is The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit by John Petrocelli.
As for which came first—the madness or the deception—I think you’re right, but the fact that both co-exist in Trump’s daily behavior is the most damning fact.