Lousy Grammar Doesn't Make You a Working-Class He
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Posted On: 05/22/2018 3:36:11 PM
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Lousy Grammar Doesn't Make You a Working-Class Hero
Trump and his cronies think The Base prefers misplaced commas over actual policy.
By Charles P. Pierce
May 22, 2018
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The saddest story of the day comes to us from The Boston Globe, and it is the final reason why we should take none of the Trump Whispering Zitoheads seriously ever again.
But it’s not always Trump tapping out a tweet, even when it sounds like his voice. West Wing employees who draft proposed tweets intentionally employ suspect grammar and staccato syntax in order to mimic the president’s style, according to two people familiar with the process.
They overuse the exclamation point! They Capitalize random words for emphasis. Fragments. Loosely connected ideas. All part of a process that is not as spontaneous as Trump’s Twitter feed often appears… Some staff members even relish the scoldings Trump gets from elites shocked by the Trumpian language they strive to imitate, believing that debates over presidential typos fortify the belief within his base that he has the common touch.
Good morning, suckers!
Here’s the thing, Embattled White Working Class Voters. By and large, the people you’re taught to hate have your interests somewhat at heart when they get into government.
Forget what kind of coffee they drink, movies they watch, or leafy greens they gobble down with their tofuburgers. Forget all you’ve been told about coastal elites and their condescension. Stop falling for this hooey.
The president* and the people around him think you’re all sub-literate morons to whom broken gorilla English will appeal. They think you love him for his misplaced commas, dangling modifiers, and weird CapiTalization FeTish.
They think you will identify with a high-end Manhattan con-man because he talks like you do, and they think you talk like you took an ESL class on Neptune. They think your very real economic anxiety is best expressed in language one small step above grunts, groans, and banging on rocks with heavy sticks.
Please remember this.
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