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Originally Posted by donquixote99
Appreciate the time you took with that, whell.
Is there a mistake in the 'dark speech' meme, or did trump indeed go OTT in painting the 'current state of things' very darkly?
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It's not about the content of the speech? The term "Dark" really isn't a term most people use every day. It's just beyond coincidence to me that the term would be so quickly recycled by so many in the media.
Fact is, things do look pretty down from the perspective of many. Some might call Trump's decision to channel that feeling in a speech "populist", "demagogic" or whatever. I think the CNN post speech poll suggests that he may have struck a nerve.
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Originally Posted by donquixote99
I of course agree with more 'stark and alarming' versions of the Trump faults you identify. To quote myself from a recent post:
He promises things, like 'bringing back jobs,' but he doesn't say how he will do it. This is because he doesn't know how he will do it, and he further doesn't even know that he doesn't know.
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I think he's got a pretty good idea, and he laid some of it out in his acceptance speech. There's more info on his web page.