Cinder on Twitter: "Playing stupid is the "accidental" queen sacrifice that checkmates a foolish opponent. It's the best way to make the arrogant feel safe." / Twitter

I.e. if you think Trump is an idiot in *every* sense of the word, he's probably a lot smarter than you. Playing stupid is a winning move.

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George Lakoff

@GeorgeLakoff

Jan 3, 2018

Trump uses social media as a weapon to control the news cycle. It works like a charm. His tweets are tactical rather than substantive. They mostly fall into one of these four categories.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

Playing stupid is the "accidental" queen sacrifice that checkmates a foolish opponent. It's the best way to make the arrogant feel safe.

9:13 PM · May 24, 2018Twitter Web Client

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Statistically speaking, most people (esp. older people) are arrogant. Hence, a winning move.

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

May 24, 2018

(Older and very young, I should say.)

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Cinder

@Triquetrea

May 24, 2018

The winning response, by the way, is something more like this: amazon.com/Talking-Daught How simple all the things are, and how crude the BS. Overcomplicating "explanations", making vague deferrals to "experts", etc. etc. never, ever fucking works.

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