2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI have hacked Trump's brain. And I know how to destroy him in a debate.
Trump is a prototypical fascist: All slogans and zingers and insults and boasts, coupled with deep-seated distrust towards everything intellectual.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/donald-trump-is-not-adolf-hitler-but-he-is-a-fascist-here-are-an-italian-experts-reasons-why/
Trump has no deeper reason why he thinks or believes this or that. He just does.
That's how he can make up bullshit on-the-fly. He never mentally double-checks whether something he just said is right or wrong. Because he just doesn't care.
There is no reason for him to have this or that position on climate-change,
or why he believes that Obama founded ISIS or why he doesn't believe so,
or why he believes that the election is rigged,
or why he saw a video that doesn't exist,
or why he believes that a judge with mexican parents will automatically hate him,
or why Florida is a good place to campaign for the support of Utah-Mormons,
or that it's actually Thursday and not Friday,
or why he believes to be worth $10 billion despite no estimate getting anywhere near that number,
or why he thinks he can win this election on earned media and the power of his charisma and without spending money on campaigning...
He just does these things and he just doesn't care.
People are amazed how Trump can lie so readily about so many things. The answer: He's not lying. Lying means knowing what's true and what's not and telling something that is not true for your own gain. There are rules for crafting a good lie: Keep it natural and general, don't be too specific. Lie big, because people won't expect you to lie about something this serious.
Except that Trump doesn't care about telling a good lie. He just doesn't care whether the things he says are true or not.
Trump is not deliberately telling intentional lies for his own gain. He is simply telling whatever comes to his mind, unaware and uncaring whether it's fact or fiction.
That's why he told 30 easily disprovable lies during a deposition. Because he just felt like doing so. He wasn't trying to achieve anything. He just couldn't be bothered to muster the mental strength to tell the truth. Because he doesn't care.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/busted-trump-told-30-lies-in-two-days-during-2007-deposition-about-his-billionaire-claims/
Trump doesn't get his opinions by thinking. The fascist regards thinking as emasculating and weak.
Trump gets his opinions simply by absorbing them from somewhere else. He has said so himself: He just knows what's on the Internet.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272824-trump-all-i-know-is-whats-on-the-internet
Alex Jones himself has been surprised and amazed how readily Trump parrots his outlandish conspiracy-theories.
https://mediamatters.org/video/2016/08/11/alex-jones-it-surreal-talk-about-issues-here-air-and-then-word-word-hear-trump-say-it-two-days-later/212339
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How to defeat such a person in a debate?
Ask the questions that he failed to ask himself:
- "How do you know that?"
- "Who actually told you that?"
- "Where did you see that?"
- "Where did you read that?"
- "Where are you getting these numbers from?"
Trump cannot answer those questions. As hard as he my try, HE CANNOT!!! Because he doesn't keep track and doesn't care where the info in his brain is coming from. His brain doesn't separate between fact and fiction. Because he just doesn't care.
unblock
(52,243 posts)asking for sources looks too highbrow and academic; trump could just say, mockingly, "what, you want me to speak in footnotes?"
but "you just made that up" not only makes your point about lying, but reinforces the idea that he's living in his own make-believe bubble.
cheapdate
(3,811 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)He will implode at that point and the show will be over.
Because I don't think he can even answer that question.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)It's actually a good way to "win" a debate. You don't debate. You simply spout lies in an authoritative sounding voice, leaving your opponent gob smacked.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)Pointing and holding your sides and laughing out loud, even better.
randome
(34,845 posts)Slow him down or trip him up and he'll flail about like a worm cut in half.
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no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)A thorough cross examination like a witness in court.
Forcing him to choose between an answer at the debate and an inconsistent statement prior to the debate.
Forcing him to reveal the authority on which his opinion is based.
Demanding an answer (not a logical fallacy) to the question asked.
Follow-up question(s)
Ask for specifics in his answers.
nolabear
(41,984 posts)I agree with the questions, and Hillary needs to point out every tap-dance around answering them.