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<p>Marcus -</p>
<p>Thanks for that deep dive into the (lack of) structure of Trump's
bombast. I'm not sure that the 39% (number varies) of his base
are simply deplorable breadth-never parsers, though it would seem
they would have to be to not trip over his rhetoric. Some (maybe
even members of this list?) may support him as "the Great
Disruptor" while seeing entirely through his very poorly crafted
rhetoric?</p>
<p>More importantly to me, is the effect it has on the larger
population, on the norms and expectations of voters/citizens and
other political operators. I'd like to think of Trump as one
big fat ugly dose of live-vaccine which has put the country into a
harsh reaction which will ultimately leave it with some immunity
to his particular style of whackadoodlery. On the other hand, we
may sustain systemic damage that leaves this country lamed until
our eventual and inevitable demise (as a country/culture/???).</p>
<p>- Steve</p>
<p>PS does anyone know what this rough 39% figure is *of*? Is it
39% of citizens, eligible voters, voters in the last election,
poll subjects(whose?)? I'm not even sure where I get the number,
it seems to be the most common number thrown around in many
situations.... Sometimes it is a round 40% and I think sometimes
more like 37%... but it doesn't seem to have varied much for quite
a while. Seems like it may be more apocryphal than real?<br>
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<p>Steve writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>< I think this is the "genius" of Trump's campaign and
tenure... he operates from his own (and often ad-hoc) Lexicon
and that reported 39% stable base of his seems happy to just
rewrite their own dictionary to match his. It has been noted
that Trump's presidency has been most significant for helping
us understand how much of our government operates on norms and
a shared vocabulary. He de(re?)constructs those with
virtually every tweet. ><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Deconstructing a complex predicate involves taking out
sub-predicates and sub-sub predicates and examining all of the
facts that cause each predicate to hold or not. Trump’s
`leadership’ involves ripping out the top level predicates and
simply defining sub-predicates to hold or not depending on his
impulses at that minute of the day. Yes, it is his correct
recognition that humans, especially the deplorables, aren’t
very good with depth first search. He’s got a depth cutoff
of about 1, as do they.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Marcus<o:p></o:p></p>
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