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steve  ·  2717 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 246 days ago I had an uneasy feeling...

    A lot of us, including me, have been pretty glib and mocking of someone that really deserves more serious consideration than we've given him. We imagine ourselves as a group, as a sort of saintly firewall. I think we could find that we've been egotistical and condescending to the point of peril if we don't watch it.

I wasn't even a Clinton supporter... but I fell into this bucket.





ecib  ·  2717 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I forget where I heard it, but the quote that rang most true to me in the past month was that Trump's supporters didn't take him literally but they did take him seriously, while his opponents took him literally but not seriously.

kleinbl00  ·  2717 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fuckin' Peter Thiel.

"The media is always taking Trump literally. It never takes him seriously, but it always takes him literally."

ecib  ·  2717 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh shit that was him? Damn he's good.

O_o

kleinbl00  ·  2717 days ago  ·  link  ·  

raises hand

Yeah, thenewgreen called it.

Asshole. ;-)