07-04-2020, 12:26 PM
(07-02-2020, 02:30 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(07-02-2020, 01:52 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Trump is worse -- far worse. Trump is cruel, stubborn, despotic, and completely lacking in self-awareness.
Nitpick: I would go for narcissistic rather than lacking in self awareness, but I would second the rest.
Hmmm. In animals, they test for self awareness by dabbing a bit of paint on the animals face, then holding up a mirror. If he figures out that the mirror is reflecting him, he will wipe off the paint. That is considered a pass. The animal has some degree of self awareness. If he attacks the mirror, viewing it as another beast encroaching on his territory, that would be a fail.
Do you think Trump would fail? Do you think he would be willing to do the test?
Once upon a time, the local robin was in the habit of attacking one of my windows. I nullified the attack by putting a mirror next to the window, to provide a better target, putting the attack through the concrete thus deadening the sound. Not a self aware robin.
Is there or should there be a requirement that the president should be self aware?
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.