- We don't recognize the dialect because we don't expect it. In the same way, many would be stunned (to say the least) if a pres. used AAVE.
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- It's not because he's uneducated. He's degreed from a very good school. - It's not because he's mentally ill, many people talk like this.
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- It's simply that he's speaking a coercive/convincing form of English where a social contract is implicit.
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"We believe the same things, right, so I don't need to enumerate what I'm saying, right"
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I don't think it's a dogwhistle, either. Dogwhistles send specific messages in subtext coded by social contract. This isn't that.
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It's the non-specificity that makes it noteworthy. It's that the listener can inject *their* interpretation and receive a validation.
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The closest thing I can compare this to, tbh, is Twilight. Bella's character was written to be a blank slate so she appealed to every reader
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The character was given few defining traits other than that she was in the in-group of the target audience. Readers saw themselves in her.
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This is what Trump's speeches are. His base sees their views in him; they see their vision of how to run the country in what he says.
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They don't have to understand foreign policy. They make an opinion and see it in the President. By virtue of office, they feel it's legit.
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The result of this is that to combat this, we need to change *their* perceptions, not Trump's actions. We need to engage his base.
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Simply defeating Trump in court or in the voting booth won't change those beliefs, leaving us vulnerable to the next demagogue.
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"Trumpspeak" actually has a name - "The Milton Model" from neurolinguistic programming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_neuro-linguistic_programming#Milton_model …
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interesting!!
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There's a connection with the "pick-up artist" culture via Ross Jeffries.
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It's a 2nd grade reading level. Short sentences, and repeating them for emphasis, even when not needed. Echolalia, maybe.
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it's code switching.
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@sandymaxey That seems spot-on, since Trump supporters have always projected their own desires on a blank candidate.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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my dad speaks in a similar way at times, I've taken it as an "adult white man performing real talk" sociolect/register
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tends to show up with him when discussing politics, religion, feelings etc.
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