How Trump is making the US the laughing stock of the world

[TNHarley]

"is making?" ?!?!?!
LOL ever hear of recent history?

 

[BluesLegend]

Talk about a personality disorder! The look on his face at the end says it all...

Ah yes, the Mussolini chin thrust.

Are you shitting me, after 8 years of Obama the chin thrust Obama you people even dare speak of this?

 

[iceberg]

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maybe. but the problem is i've been burned enough on 2 seconds of video to know i don't know the whole story. since i don't know the whole story OR the context around it, i won't dance around made or in defense like i do.

It looked like maybe just prior to what we saw in the video the guy may have pushed past him and he was getting his own back. Whatever it was, it still made him second rate. A person who is supposed to represent the free world and 330 million people is supposed to be a lot more diplomatic and classy.

it makes people who call him out constantly look petty.

but the people keep doing it.

which is why when i see this i now ignore it. the left will make anything trump says or does the worst possible thing he could have done at the time and that's just bullshit. no one is wrong 100% of the time and if i see someone pulling that shit, i just move on vs. talk to them.

I don't like him, but it is true what you're saying. People can find what they're looking for in any situation, whether they want to be critical or positive. Looking through the glass darkly is a real thing when it comes to our President.
That said, I'm a lot more concerned about how Germany has reacted than Trump's impolite behavior when the photographer called for the Pres to come up front. His attitude and direction is going to have real ramifications for us, and I worry. We take Europe for granted, but we shouldn't. The relationship has to be reciprocal.

i can't stand hillary so yes, when i heard negative news, it was like xmas and maybe THIS negative news would be the one take her down. after awhile, it's more like lucy pulling the ball away from charlie brown and time and time again people fall for it. so i try to use my own personal experience in how i was wrong to keep *hoping* the bad news was real and/or enough.

i don't think i ever went to the extreme i see others do quite often, but i'm not as extreme as they are it would seem so i suppose it makes sense.

and that's what happened - the photographer called him to the front so that why he "pushed" his way there? the only way i can get by these days is say "if this were the other side doing it, would it make me mad/happy" and if my answer changes based on who is doing it, then i need to re-validate the action itself THEN make up my mind how i feel about it.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

 

[OldLady]

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maybe. but the problem is i've been burned enough on 2 seconds of video to know i don't know the whole story. since i don't know the whole story OR the context around it, i won't dance around made or in defense like i do.

It looked like maybe just prior to what we saw in the video the guy may have pushed past him and he was getting his own back. Whatever it was, it still made him second rate. A person who is supposed to represent the free world and 330 million people is supposed to be a lot more diplomatic and classy.

it makes people who call him out constantly look petty.

but the people keep doing it.

which is why when i see this i now ignore it. the left will make anything trump says or does the worst possible thing he could have done at the time and that's just bullshit. no one is wrong 100% of the time and if i see someone pulling that shit, i just move on vs. talk to them.

I don't like him, but it is true what you're saying. People can find what they're looking for in any situation, whether they want to be critical or positive. Looking through the glass darkly is a real thing when it comes to our President.
That said, I'm a lot more concerned about how Germany has reacted than Trump's impolite behavior when the photographer called for the Pres to come up front. His attitude and direction is going to have real ramifications for us, and I worry. We take Europe for granted, but we shouldn't. The relationship has to be reciprocal.

i can't stand hillary so yes, when i heard negative news, it was like xmas and maybe THIS negative news would be the one take her down. after awhile, it's more like lucy pulling the ball away from charlie brown and time and time again people fall for it. so i try to use my own personal experience in how i was wrong to keep *hoping* the bad news was real and/or enough.

i don't think i ever went to the extreme i see others do quite often, but i'm not as extreme as they are it would seem so i suppose it makes sense.

and that's what happened - the photographer called him to the front so that why he "pushed" his way there? the only way i can get by these days is say "if this were the other side doing it, would it make me mad/happy" and if my answer changes based on who is doing it, then i need to re-validate the action itself THEN make up my mind how i feel about it.

It's easier for me. We're all human, we all have quirks and foibles and all of us make mistakes. Even me. I can be as bitchy and unfair as the next guy when I'm in a mood and certainly as stupid as the next guy. Everyone deserves a little slack. But it has reached the point where it is actually making me sad that the news coverage is so slanted toward the negative on this administration. I want the facts, yes, and I'm not afraid to look at what is there to look at, but it's definitely entered the "Mean Girls" category.

 

[OldLady]

his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation
   

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Did you notice that the President of Montenegro and the group were walking forward, and he suddenly just stopped short? Trump hits him in the back first! Trump put his hand on his chest as he brushed by because he realized that he had just walked into him from behind, and then slid around to the front where he was supposed to be.

Watch the video and you will see what REALLY happened, and put aside all of your partisan knives.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation

Fail. The word makes no sense in this context. It deals with meditation.

 

[iceberg]

[
maybe. but the problem is i've been burned enough on 2 seconds of video to know i don't know the whole story. since i don't know the whole story OR the context around it, i won't dance around made or in defense like i do.

It looked like maybe just prior to what we saw in the video the guy may have pushed past him and he was getting his own back. Whatever it was, it still made him second rate. A person who is supposed to represent the free world and 330 million people is supposed to be a lot more diplomatic and classy.

it makes people who call him out constantly look petty.

but the people keep doing it.

which is why when i see this i now ignore it. the left will make anything trump says or does the worst possible thing he could have done at the time and that's just bullshit. no one is wrong 100% of the time and if i see someone pulling that shit, i just move on vs. talk to them.

I don't like him, but it is true what you're saying. People can find what they're looking for in any situation, whether they want to be critical or positive. Looking through the glass darkly is a real thing when it comes to our President.
That said, I'm a lot more concerned about how Germany has reacted than Trump's impolite behavior when the photographer called for the Pres to come up front. His attitude and direction is going to have real ramifications for us, and I worry. We take Europe for granted, but we shouldn't. The relationship has to be reciprocal.

i can't stand hillary so yes, when i heard negative news, it was like xmas and maybe THIS negative news would be the one take her down. after awhile, it's more like lucy pulling the ball away from charlie brown and time and time again people fall for it. so i try to use my own personal experience in how i was wrong to keep *hoping* the bad news was real and/or enough.

i don't think i ever went to the extreme i see others do quite often, but i'm not as extreme as they are it would seem so i suppose it makes sense.

and that's what happened - the photographer called him to the front so that why he "pushed" his way there? the only way i can get by these days is say "if this were the other side doing it, would it make me mad/happy" and if my answer changes based on who is doing it, then i need to re-validate the action itself THEN make up my mind how i feel about it.

It's easier for me. We're all human, we all have quirks and foibles and all of us make mistakes. Even me. I can be as bitchy and unfair as the next guy when I'm in a mood and certainly as stupid as the next guy. Everyone deserves a little slack. But it has reached the point where it is actually making me sad that the news coverage is so slanted toward the negative on this administration. I want the facts, yes, and I'm not afraid to look at what is there to look at, but it's definitely entered the "Mean Girls" category.

if trump is trying to pull something *illegal* yes i want to know. yes i want it stopped and yes, we *should* know and hold him accountable. we should hold *all elected officials* accountable to the same set of rules. the problem is we micro-divide those rules up so we find some sub-subset within them to justify being in the wrong to begin with. like you say, we can all do it, but i really only respect people who know and see that and work around it when called out.

i simply can't take what the media says as fact anymore much less wrong or illegal. that makes me want to defend common ground on things which of course means to many i'm defending trump.

nope. just stopping stupid i hope and not following along.

 

[yiostheoy]

There were numerous opportunities for satire - an awkward handshake with the French president, wife Melania slapping his hand away, a painful meeting with a solemn Pope, a childish guestbook note at a Holocaust Museum, Trump apparently ignoring his host at the G7 summit, his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way and a cringeworthy "curtsy" to the King of Saudi Arabia.

How Donald Trump's first big trip as President has spelled disaster - World - NZ Herald News

The joke is on the American electorate.

 

[L.K.Eder]

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation

Fail. The word makes no sense in this context. It deal with meditation.

fail.

 

[OldLady]

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation

Fail. The word makes no sense in this context. It deal with meditation.

Meditation is certainly a cogitative state, but not the only one, if you want to know the truth. Just trying to do you a favor. You really don't want to argue this with Xelor.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation

Fail. The word makes no sense in this context. It deal with meditation.

Meditation is certainly a cogitative state, but not the only one, if you want to know the truth. Just trying to do you a favor. You really don't want to argue this with Xelor.

I don't? Why not? They used the word cogitative when he probably had no idea what it meant. How does that fit with "demerits"?

The post contains numerous words that are highly unlikely for them to understand. He is trying to impress you with a vocabulary he doesn't possess.

 

[OldLady]

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

? yeah, it does. Merriam Websters:

Definition of cogitative

1. 
   1: of or relating to cogitation
   
   
2. 2: capable of or given to cogitation

Fail. The word makes no sense in this context. It deal with meditation.

Meditation is certainly a cogitative state, but not the only one, if you want to know the truth. Just trying to do you a favor. You really don't want to argue this with Xelor.

I don't? Why not? They used the word cogitative when he probably had no idea what it meant. How does that fit with "demerits"?

The post contains numerous words that are highly unlikely for them to understand. He is trying to impress you with a vocabulary he doesn't possess.

Okay. Have fun.

 

[JBond]

There were numerous opportunities for satire - an awkward handshake with the French president, wife Melania slapping his hand away, a painful meeting with a solemn Pope, a childish guestbook note at a Holocaust Museum, Trump apparently ignoring his host at the G7 summit, his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way and a cringeworthy "curtsy" to the King of Saudi Arabia.

How Donald Trump's first big trip as President has spelled disaster - World - NZ Herald News

Democrats are mad because Trump stood up for US interests. Not surprised in the least. They failed in their Russian scam, so now they are whining for days about a handshake. They are truly simple people that live in an alternate reality.

 

[JBond]

his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

Lol. Libs are far too sensitive to others opinions. They are overly concerned about how they are viewed, due to their insecurities. We have bailed out the world repeatedly. I don't really give a fuck what some Socialist in the EU thinks about us. They need to grow up and learn how to take care of themselves, because the free ride is over.

 

[usmbguest5318]

a hundred examples of how many possibilities?

and how many of these examples are "forced" by people who simply don't like him so all he does is bad.

if you're in that 5% of the bell curve that defines an extreme you're going to be loud, belligerent, demanding, and beating up people who don't see it your way. that's how the 5% *extreme* works by pure definition. 5% can put up 1000 examples but that doesn't make the 1000 examples true, just what the 5% does being proven.

again and again and again.

so you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true.

Enough. You clearly don't realise how unsound your argument -- which basically amounts to "anything's possible" -- is.

you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true

There're several things you might do to make your arguments sound, yet you do none of them.

what argument? i don't think he was intentionally pushing anyone aside and i refuse to believe it from a few seconds of video?

how is "I FUCKING HATE THIS MAN HATE WITH ME GOD DAMN IT" any more sound? as for "anything is possible" - so is getting pissed cause someone PUSHED someone else out of the way - well i suppose it's possible" - but again, you get to do things you won't allow done back in your direction. this homey don't play in that direction. in fact, i usually kick it up when i see people do it and use their own methods back at them. it's how i get my kicks.

and when you quit trying to pin the hate on trump and will talk w/o predisposition of direction you wish to go, i'll be glad to join in. til then i'll simply stop by from time to time and giggle at your hate-boner.

i don't think he was intentionally pushing anyone aside

I can't do anything about what you think. You're going to think it regardless of what I write and, with regard to Trump shoving the Montenegrin president, what you see with own eyes.

I can see from the video that Trump wasn't stumbling; thus he clearly wasn't accidentally pushing the other man aside.

​

I can't do anything about what you think. You're going to think it regardless of what I write.

Okay, Polly.

I can't do anything about what you think. You're going to think it regardless of what I write

Should I have Nabisco send you some saltines?

what good would it do me to say it any other way? your mind is made up just as much as mine is, i suppose. you see this as a shining example of how evil trump is and i see it as trump being trump.

you rail on me cause i won't alter how i feel but you are not either - but you won't see or acknowledge that.

funny, to me.

ha ha.

i suppose. you see this as a shining example of how evil trump is and i see it as trump being trump.

You'll recall that earlier I wrote:

There're several things you might do to make yourself smarter and your arguments sound, yet you do none of them.

With your quoted remark just above, we now have clear evidence of at least two things you could do to make yourself smarter and your arguments sound. What are those things you might do?

1. Learn that a sound argument/valid conclusion cannot derive from a comparison of things that are not mutually exclusive and then think about what you read and intend to write/say so that you don't make the mistake of presenting a disjointed comparisons.
   • Regardless of how I see Trump's behavior toward the Montenegrin president -- as as "shining example" or merely as an example, or, as I wrote a palpable example, of his rudeness -- the fact remains that it was deliberately rude, and the deliberacy of his action is plain to see in the video. That Trump may have not been aware of the raffishness of his deed does not make it or Trump be anything other than incult. Rude is rude, as the truth is the truth, no matter one's awareness (or lack thereof) of it. Pi is yet thought to be an irrational number, even if one doesn't know that to be so or doesn't know what an irrational number is.
   • Assuming, as you do, Trump's behavior toward the Montenegrin president is an example of "Trump being Trump," it was still rude, and I don't think it acceptable for a POTUS to be rude toward anyone.
2. Accurately paraphrase, or directly quote, other people's remarks.
   • I did not so much as intimate that Trump is evil. I described him as crass, profligately mendacious, infelicitous and inept. [1] One need not be any of those things to be evil and none of those things are synonymous with "evil."

Note:

1. Earlier, you remarked:
   

   you can pull from your thesaurus

   I have no idea why my word choices strike you as something upon which to remark. Whatever the reason -- I don't care what it is -- it has to do with you, not me. Outside of USMB, nobody has ever has anything to say -- positive or negative -- about my word choices, perhaps because the relevant people in my life -- family, close friends and associates, clients and colleagues -- use the same bundle words I do.
   
   Were it so that I "pull" words from a thesaurus, if I meant "evil," I'd have chosen to write "evil" or something synonymous with it. You see I nearly always write what I actually mean, and not what I don't mean, and usually not something similar to what I mean, though were I to do the latter, I'd bother to also write something akin to "for lack of a better word," so readers know I didn't carefully choose my words in that that instance. You see, I think it important to accurately and precisely express my thoughts; thus I choose my words accordingly. (Am I 100% perfect in that regard? No, but I'm far closer to 100% than I am to 70%.)
   
   As for the actual words I choose.....Well, I use the ones I learned (not merely memorized) in school, mostly in high school, after which time my vocabulary has remained fairly constant. Thus, unless you are going to tell me that you and most others who here gripe about my word choices didn't graduate from high school, are non-native speakers of English, failed to master English in high school, or experienced some other unusual occurrence, there's no good reason -- though there is likely at least a reason -- for readers here to find much of anything I write beyond their comprehension.
   
   I picked up some discipline-specific, so-called "technical" terms, in college and grad school, and I do on USMB use them; however, I nearly always provide a link for those terms so readers will know what they mean in the context in which I used them. I do that because I know I am applying their discipline-specific meanings, and, unlike words on a standard high school vocabulary list, I have no basis for expecting readers to understand those words in their disciplinary context.

 

[usmbguest5318]

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

a hundred examples of how many possibilities?

and how many of these examples are "forced" by people who simply don't like him so all he does is bad.

if you're in that 5% of the bell curve that defines an extreme you're going to be loud, belligerent, demanding, and beating up people who don't see it your way. that's how the 5% *extreme* works by pure definition. 5% can put up 1000 examples but that doesn't make the 1000 examples true, just what the 5% does being proven.

again and again and again.

so you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true.

Enough. You clearly don't realise how unsound your argument -- which basically amounts to "anything's possible" -- is.

you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true

There're several things you might do to make your arguments sound, yet you do none of them.

what argument? i don't think he was intentionally pushing anyone aside and i refuse to believe it from a few seconds of video?

how is "I FUCKING HATE THIS MAN HATE WITH ME GOD DAMN IT" any more sound? as for "anything is possible" - so is getting pissed cause someone PUSHED someone else out of the way - well i suppose it's possible" - but again, you get to do things you won't allow done back in your direction. this homey don't play in that direction. in fact, i usually kick it up when i see people do it and use their own methods back at them. it's how i get my kicks.

and when you quit trying to pin the hate on trump and will talk w/o predisposition of direction you wish to go, i'll be glad to join in. til then i'll simply stop by from time to time and giggle at your hate-boner.

What more of the video could there be? What could exonerate that kind of behavior?

What could exonerate that kind of behavior?

A life or safety threatening emergency, and there was clearly no relevant one right there were Trump was.

 

[usmbguest5318]

his shoving Montenegro's PM out of the way

That was just unabashedly rude -- something that people the world over observe in the behavior and words of most of the Americans they meet [1] -- which is, ruefully, about all one can expect from Trump. It was quite telling that "pardon me, please" apparently didn't come to Trump's mind. Could one see any more palpable demonstration of Trump's "it's all about me" attitude?


Note:

1. In not one country to which I've traveled have I not at least once heard someone remark upon or ask me about why Americans are so often boorish.

and?

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

by a simple bell curve you're going to hear the most stupid of shit, usually in very small numbers according to the curve itself.

people keep making those few examples the norm and continue to "normalize the extreme" it's gonna blow up. that's physics, not people.

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

Wrong word. The sentence makes no sense.

You are mistaken. When you click on the link, be sure to take a gander at the content in the "synonym guide" and you'll observe that "cogitate" does not carry a meditative connotation. It does carry the connotation of "deep or intent thinking," and that is not something we've seen displayed by Trump with regard even to complex issues. Trump has even remarked upon his unawareness and surprise to learn that some of those issues are indeed complex and complicated to consider.

Note:

• Deep thinking is part of what "meditate" connotes and denotes, but it's not exclusively that, whereas "cogitate" is exclusively that. Thus, while meditation can universally be thought of as cogitation, cogitation cannot be universally thought of as cogitation. That subtle distinction is why you are mistaken. You aren't "way out there" wrong, but you are still wrong.

 

[Seawytch]

Excuse me? The "stupid sh*t" that happens infrequently is the stuff about which I don't remember to ask others pf their views on and experiences with the deed/trend. I would think that so for most, if not all, sagacious and reasonable people. Accordingly, it stands to reason that non-U.S. nationals who've asked me about Americans' general comportment. (They may well have observed too that people of other nations are generally crass, but they wouldn't ask me about them as I'm not from those countries and I wouldn't introduce those other nationals into the conversation as they wasn't the topic of discussion.)

Worse, particularly with regard to Donald Trump, there are literally over a hundred examples of his character and cogitative demerits, not the least of which is profligate mendacity, infelicity, and ineptitude, yet his supporters deny they are indicative of anything material and that should give one pause.

a hundred examples of how many possibilities?

and how many of these examples are "forced" by people who simply don't like him so all he does is bad.

if you're in that 5% of the bell curve that defines an extreme you're going to be loud, belligerent, demanding, and beating up people who don't see it your way. that's how the 5% *extreme* works by pure definition. 5% can put up 1000 examples but that doesn't make the 1000 examples true, just what the 5% does being proven.

again and again and again.

so you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true.

Enough. You clearly don't realise how unsound your argument -- which basically amounts to "anything's possible" -- is.

you can pull from your thesaurus a million times, it won't make what you say any smarter or more true

There're several things you might do to make your arguments sound, yet you do none of them.

what argument? i don't think he was intentionally pushing anyone aside and i refuse to believe it from a few seconds of video?

how is "I FUCKING HATE THIS MAN HATE WITH ME GOD DAMN IT" any more sound? as for "anything is possible" - so is getting pissed cause someone PUSHED someone else out of the way - well i suppose it's possible" - but again, you get to do things you won't allow done back in your direction. this homey don't play in that direction. in fact, i usually kick it up when i see people do it and use their own methods back at them. it's how i get my kicks.

and when you quit trying to pin the hate on trump and will talk w/o predisposition of direction you wish to go, i'll be glad to join in. til then i'll simply stop by from time to time and giggle at your hate-boner.

What more of the video could there be? What could exonerate that kind of behavior?

What could exonerate that kind of behavior?

A life or safety threatening emergency, and there was clearly no relevant one right there were Trump was.

Like pushing him out of the way of a bullet! That's better than dancing.