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grumpyduck

(6,232 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:41 PM Jan 2019

T's tweets: am I seeing a pattern here?

This latest tweet about Comey et al not getting arrested seems to follow a pattern. The tweet brings up old stuff, old news, that people were upset about, as if to re-ignite the anger. All the stuff on Benghazi, the stuff on Hillary, still comes up.

It's like turning a conversation or a call-out around to distract from the subject and avoid "fault:"

"You forgot to call and tell me you weren't coming."

"Yeah, well, last year you forgot to put the dishes away twice."

Some people seem to have a knack for doing this, and others seem to have a knack for falling for it.

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greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
1. My sister does this.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:45 PM
Jan 2019

Yesterday she told me that 60 years ago our dad broke the buckle on one of her shoes while he was polishing them. This was in response to my comment that our brother knows how to fix things. I really don't understand this behavior. Any ideas, grumpy? Narcissism?

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
2. Let's see how much bullshit he can gin up. I fear his whole 'narratives' time in the sun has passed
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jan 2019

Let's see 'how excited' his stupid base can get over Benghazi and Lisa Page..I mean LOL. Without new info or new lies they have NOTHING to work with which brings me to:

They have no coherent defense. Been throwing shit out since the beginning and trying to cobble it together. Well it's not working and that is their main problem.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
7. You're on the right track...........
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:17 PM
Jan 2019

this link was posted earlier today. It clearly explains how IQ45 "thinks."

Read it - then his latest actions/reactions/postings make SO much sense!

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/you-cant-get-there-from-here-1831622949

highplainsdem

(48,968 posts)
3. He's just hitting the same RW buttons that they hit regularly on Faux News, epecially when the real
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:50 PM
Jan 2019

news of the day makes Trump/GOP look bad. Working the RW Alternative Reality Perpetual Outrage machine.

Some of this is probably very cynical, but much of it is nonstop self-brainwashing.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. It is nothing more than
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:00 PM
Jan 2019

a Default Position. Never forget,the Rethug Party has used the same themes since Nixon. Bash the crap out of the Poor and Brown Skinned Populace. Same old Race Baiting Messages just add a little Hatred Sauce about who happens to be in a leadership position for that Populace.

Claritie Pixie

(2,199 posts)
6. Narcissists do that so they can play victim.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:08 PM
Jan 2019

It's impossible to deal with someone like that. They either bring up something that actually happened a long time ago or just make stuff up and - attack, attack, attack - to deflect any criticism or scrutiny of them.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
11. He likes to renew old attacks to opposition he's used,
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:23 PM
Jan 2019

And targets them for distractions, which that's what this is, just a distraction away from Roger Stone and his ties to the russian investigation.

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