Trump has the mentality of a small child
No taunt goes unchallenged. Every criticism must be retaliated against with an attack that is worse
And that is what this is about.
Libs like it when Republicans don't defend themselves against the constant lies and propaganda that the left pushes.
Thus they get to create the false impression, since the lies are not challenged, that the lies are true.
THis is a logical fallacy and propaganda.
Proof by assertion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Proof by assertion, sometimes informally referred to as
proof by repeated assertion, is an
informal fallacy in which a proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction.
[1] Sometimes, this may be repeated until challenges dry up, at which point it is asserted as fact due to its not being contradicted (
argumentum ad nauseam).
[2] In other cases, its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of the
appeal to authority or
appeal to belieffallacies.[
citation needed]
This fallacy is sometimes used as a form of
rhetoric by politicians, or during a debate as a
filibuster. In its extreme form, it can also be a form of
brainwashing.
[1]Modern politics contains many examples of proof by assertions. This practice can be observed in the use of political
slogans, and the distribution of "
talking points", which are collections of short phrases that are issued to members of modern political parties for recitation to achieve maximum message repetition. "
Trump is right to not let the insults and personal attacks go unchallenged.