As I suspected: If you randomize the sentences in a Trump speech, the speech doesn't become any less coherent. pic.twitter.com/vnc1nGloUR
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) February 3, 2016
@KevinNR If randomized text is indistinguishable from the original, then its information content is zero. That’s a theorem.
— Gerard Harbison (@GerardHarbison) February 4, 2016
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For comparison: One actual Trump debate answer, one Trump's answer run through the randomizer. Which is which? pic.twitter.com/LfsWghLq2e
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) February 4, 2016
@KevinNR *frantically points loaded revolver back and forth between the two quotes* I, I don't know which one to kill…
— D Stu (@purepolka) February 4, 2016
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This was one of the many things that discombobulated me greatly about Trump: I’d listen to him speak on tv, and I’d think, “If that were one of my student’s papers, I’d be writing, “YOU NEED TO REORGANIZE THIS AND HAVE A CONSISTENT THESIS STATEMENT” all over it.”
I suppose I’m not in the “base” he’s looking for, though, I’m one of those effete over-educated types.
Yep. And yet it works for him.
Me too.
Here’s the thing, though. Trump appeals to less-educated people. Fine. The question is, is that a reason to disqualify him? The working class are people, after all, and they have interests that have a right to be represented in a democratic system. Mass immigration does disproportionately hit the white working class.
Now whether Trump in particular is the guy…given the scam Trump University, the many bankruptcies, and the awful steaks, I’d say no.
His board game is supposed to be fun, though, if you read the reviews on Boardgamegeek from before his candidacy.