AlterNet: Donald Trump’s Reign of Bullsh*t: He’s Not Lying to Us, He’s Just Completely Full of It - There's a difference between a liar and a bullshitter -- and it helps explain the essence of Donald Trump. By Eldar Sarajlic
Unlike the liar, who hides things about himself in an attempt to lead us away from a correct apprehension of reality, the bullshitter hides that “the truth-values of his statements are of no central interest to him.” In other words, bullshitter doesn’t care about what the truth is. He just talks as it suits his purposes.
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I have an older brother that fits this definition to a T. I think Donald is that plus being a alky / drug addict ( coke et al. ) Take a look at him he looks stoned when he's up there rattling away whatever he feels like saying. Add in the anger and the hostility and he's the classic abuser. As for his following, they buy his grandiosity without really even looking or hearing. It's a sick scenario that has many in the GOP deeply worried. They should be, the rest of us sure are. This is what happens when you empower a fool from day 1 and then try to get a lasso on him when he gets out of control. Imagine this guy sitting with those launch codes for four yrs.
I had not considered him as a druggie/alky because he strikes me as someone who has people test his food before he eats - a very OCD germaphobe type of person. I will think about that though. Right now he is behind Clinton in landslide numbers, let's just hope that lead is maintained.
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