Have you ever observed the psychological phenomenon known as projection?
Iâll spell it out for you: Trumpista = Trump supporter. I donât use the -ista suffix pejoratively. If you call me a Clintonista, I will tell you youâre wrong, simply because Iâm not a Clinton supporter (I donât support US politicians, period), but not because I have anything against the word or the suffix, and not because I think every X supporter is unique and therefore canât be identified as having any kind of association or resonance with any other X supporter.
People who express support or donât support Trump are not some monolithic group.
I know! Why do you think I donât know that?
A little less telling them what they must believe, because you have identified them as belonging to a certain group that you think must believe in certain things, ok?
Thereâs a lot of that going around. Can we have another dose of the Antifa! Pronouns! Hillary! Venezuela! chorus again?
Calling Trump supporters Trumpistas is not telling people what they think. If you find the suffix insulting, what am I allowed to call you? Or would you like to retract your admission that (overall) you support the Don?
He raged at his staff for violating a rule that the White House entourage should begin each trip tuned to Fox â his preferred network over what he considers the âfake newsâ CNN â and caused âa bit of a stirâ aboard Air Force One, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.
After a colorful discussion behind closed doors, I have decided to stop participating in this and all Trump-themed threads. Take it as my own version of #walkaway.
I was enjoying it too, Rollo Rowland, but the Honorable Moderator and I have different interpretations of both fact and law (so to speak), and itâs his forum.
I think further discussion of this matter (if any) should take place in Feedback.
Lebron Jamesâ interview with cnn was fascinating. After nearly two years of nba players constantly criticizing Trump, avoiding the white house and whining on social media about any political related issueâŚhe said that Trump is the one using sports to divide the Us.
Pro team sports are inherently divisive. In some places they have riots over that sort of thing. In other places you can get beat up for being a fan of the wrong team. There used to be a theory that these games sublimated violent urges, but that failed the horselaugh test.
Then thereâs the theory that team sports foster cooperation and unity. If the only way you can cooperate is by ganging up on some other group of people, well⌠thatâs cooperation and unity for sociopaths.
On the other hand, sometimes you need to gang up on some other group of people because theyâre ganging up on you. Thatâs where the organized thuggery skills taught by team sports become useful. Football is good practice for war, up to a point. The whole game is designed as a metaphor for a certain type of war, and the metaphor breaks down where the rules of the game begin. Because, unlike football, war has no rules.
The trouble is, Lebron is playing tic-tac-toe and Trump is playing chess.