(Kiddingly) We’re building a Wall in Colorado”(then stated, “we’re not building a Wall in Kansas but they get the benefit of the Wall we’re building on the Border”) refered to people in the very packed auditorium, from Colorado & Kansas, getting the benefit of the Border Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24, 2019
Are we smart enough for democracy?
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Are we smart enough for democracy?
The Democratic Party’s position is we’re not smart enough for liberty.
Don Lemon thought Trump wasn’t kidding. Trump’s joke asking Russia to find Hillary’s emails is still hurting him.
This is hurting Trump. The Fake News doesn’t play the full quote or doesn’t supply context. See Drudge Report. Some people think he is losing it,
I doubt he was kidding, but he’s hardly the first president to screw up his geography on the fly. Obama’s 57 states was much harder to excuse, but nobody cared much because it was Obama and the priorities were different.
as the saying goes;
the press take Trump Literally, but not seriously
the voters take Trump Seriously, but not literally
"This is hurting Trump. The Fake News doesn’t play the full quote or doesn’t supply context. See Drudge Report. Some people think he is losing it..."
Another angle is: He's racking up so many provable examples of his using humor and getting misunderstood that he's acquiring the ability to claim something is a joke when he really has made a mistake.
His antagonists would like him to give up humor. His friends want him to give it up, too?
He feels loose and free (or so it seems) when he's with his people (are they really his people?) at those rallies, and saying things in funny ways on a whim is crucial to the spirit of the things. But he's getting told he shouldn't take that risk. He should be clear, lest he be misunderstood.
But he'll be misunderstood/"misunderstood" whatever he does, and Trump without humor... well, what would that be?
Here's something from my experience teaching. At one point, I decided that using humor in class was undesirable because it added a level of complexity that was burdensome to students. You think you're lightening things when you use humor, but if the audience is continually challenged over what part is serious and what's humor, they may get anxious and stressed. You have to think about the experience of the audience. But the audience itself is complex. You're choosing who should have more fun and who should have less fun when you think about whether to have humor or not.
Another angle is: He's racking up so many provable examples of his using humor and getting misunderstood that he's acquiring the ability to claim something is a joke when he really has made a mistake.
This will get more coverage than Hillary saying she’s really the President.
And far more outrage.
It’s hardly a “misunderstanding”.
But he'll be misunderstood/"misunderstood" whatever he does, and Trump without humor... well, what would that be?
You have to enjoy the job to do the job.
It also plays to his brand that he says what he thinks, not what others think you should hear.
The ability to tell jokes signals the listener that you’re getting the authentic person and not the redacted version.
There is a certain satisfaction in cracking a joke, even if nobody gets it. God does this all the time.
The question is (and should be, are we smart enough for a representative republic? The jury is out.
The teaching analogy is an interesting one. Are you teaching to the whole class, or are you trying to reach the students who are worth a damn, as large or small as that group may be? For the students outside that select group, are you trying to teach them or to minimize their anxiety? I lean towards "fuck them if they can't take a joke," but I've also tempered my personality for many group. Humor can be peculiar--personal, regional, cultural--particularly the most clever humor. Trump hasn't done that, but he has gotten those who can learn used to the NY sense of humor.
using humor in class was undesirable because it added a level of complexity that was burdensome to students. You think you're lightening things when you use humor, but if the audience is continually challenged over what part is serious and what's humor, they may get anxious and stressed.
Years ago Patricia Cornwell, known for her grim Kay Scarpetta novels, started a new funny series that was a bust. I was halfway through the second book before I recognized the humor. Perhaps I lack a humor gene but perhaps Cornwell had trained me to take her work so deadly serious that I found the new series confusing.
Bob Smith is not smart enough for parenthetical.
:-)
I used to make very subtle jokes during serious office meetings.
No one ever seemed to get it or appreciate it. Maybe they did but didn't reveal it.
I kept doing it, it helped me keep my sanity.
Trump may be a stand-up guy.
He is not a stand-up comic.
Biden vid is muy fonny.
Limited blogger said...
I used to make very subtle jokes during serious office meetings.
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?snark alert?
On Instapundit today, there's a video of Johnny Carson mocking Biden over twenty years ago. (Or thereabouts--certainly long before late-night comedy was taken over by the NPC Court Jesters.)
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