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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2018, 08:45 AM Sep 2018

We all do it. In trying to figure out what is happening with our government, we apply

the standards and presumptions that, in our experience pre-Trump, could be relied upon as predictors of someone's behavior. We say things like "if so and so says A, that means he would never do B" or "there's no way so and so would allow X to happen".

We need to remember:. we are dealing with people who have no conscience and never feel shame. They cannot be embarrassed.

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