The power of Twitter is what it releases into the public sphere: the prehistoric reptile brain chained up by a thousand generations of human social organization. Now, much of this history has involved fierce repression—often cruel, sometimes stupid, and always changing. But as society progresses and the parameters change, what doesn’t change is the root idea that we need to control ourselves in order to coexist. We need a grown-up standing between the sudden thought and the spoken word. We need an armed grown-up between the impulse and the deed. That’s what Twitter tosses out the window: the very value of self-control. From Donald Trump: The President of Id
Imagine @RealDickCheney tweeting Trump’s currently infamous (but undoubtedly soon to be forgotten) message to 32.9M followers:
I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came..
...to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!
Something about this morning’s tweet brought to mind the time
Newt lost his list of words (it was found in a Washington, DC park, as I recall), and got me thinking researching the words and phrases Trump uses most often.
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A slideshow detailing the messaging behind Donald Trump's 20 Most Frequently Used Words, which unsurprisingly include stupid, dangerous, bad, dumb, amazing, HUGE, tremendous, terrific, moron, out of control.
- A CNN Report on the phrases Trump most employed during this first three months in office: “Believe me” …. “We’re going to make ...” … We’re going to take care of” … “Billions and billions of dollars.”
- What are some of Donald Trump’s overused phrases and turns of speech?
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