You know a lot of ppl attack him for being condescending but I think Obama is a great example of deploying shame as subtly as one canhttps://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/870291797595107329 …
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He liked to use "we" a lot, what I think of as the "aspirational we"
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"We are not going to give in to hatred and fear. We are going to rise above. We are a country of tolerance and respect"
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I mean we clearly, as a group, were not, but it's like your dad going "We don't hit and we don't throw things and we keep our pants on"
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He spent eight years trying to include the worst people in America in his "we" and it just pissed them off
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They keep saying "Don't make this us vs them" but he spent eight years busting his balls to try exactly that
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Every damn thing was "we're working on health care" "we're processing what happened to Trayvon" "we we we" and there clearly was no "we"
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Obama's first speech as PotUS said "If you didn't vote for me, I am your President too"
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Trump is obsessed with his stupid misleading colored map showing people who voted against him don't count
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And this isn't unreserved praise for Obama. This stubborn failure to comprehend there was no "we" killed so much good policy
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That they just couldn't be shamed into basic decency no matter how gently and politely you invite them to be part of "we"
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God Donald Trump is so the perfect example of "Maybe YOU don't hit and throw things and take off your pants but I DO, there IS NO WE"
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