11.14.24 - Orange Man is bad and not good
I have written, on this blog and elsewhere, about the appeal of Trumpism, its redeeming qualities, and I will continue to do so.
But the appointment of Matt Gaetz, whether sincere or not, is a good reminder that the orang man is very very very very bad. Not good at all.
It’s either horrible judgement, or a move to demoralize any opposition. My friend said it was just a way for Trump to lay his dick on the table for the U.S. senate, daring them to oppose him. It may even be more strategic, giving the senate an easy opportunity to oppose one of his picks so they can appear independent, and making all the other appointments look fine in comparison.
It goes without saying, that I don’t see these as an ideal leadership style.
Owning the libs by . . . endorsing a sex offender?
I think it’s bad how much he drags down our national culture. I think it’s bad how he vastly widens the aperture of acceptability.
I don’t like how he gets people to go along with increasingly stupid shit based on mutual hatred for the same cultural enemies. It’s just not becoming.
I don’t like how he seeks to weaponize the predictable, righteous indignation of the opposition against such an appointment into a political Iiability. People should be upset about this!
But what I’m alrady seeing happen is people adapt to Trump’s tactics, and increasingly trying to be a bit nonchalant about all this. This makes sense, yes, because he’s seeking to distract and enrage. But also, it should be rational to loudly oppose the appointment of a sex offender! In a heathy society with healthy political incentives, people would be responding to this very viscerally.
But alas, we must adapt to the tactics of an increasingly sophisticated bully.
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