http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article...32942.html

"Even before Donald Trump was elected president, much was written and said about the role of truth in politics. The conversation continues: “Fake news,” the buzzword of 2016, has been joined in 2017 by another oxymoron: “alternative facts.”

A less-discussed innovation of modern politics is the collapse of earnestness in public discourse. Sarcastic and ironic modes of conversation have sprouted like fungi wherever political discussion occurs --in political speech, formal journalism, social media formats, and on online content aggregators such as Reddit and Tumblr. This mode of discourse provides lazy, comfortable white noise as a backdrop to political discussion, a rhetorical style that can be genuinely funny but that masks a lack of faith in one’s words. Moreover, it deprecates sincerity as a value worth striving for while engaging others....

Both general election presidential candidates this cycle were perceived as historically untrustworthy. With her reputation for mendacity and longtime mistrust of voters’ acuity, Hillary Clinton devalued the ostensibly sincere, traditional rhetorical style inherited from generations of nominees looking to inspire voters. For his part, Trump simply discarded it entirely, pushing forward with the tone of a circus showman; indeed, his fans seemed eager to hear the anticipated boasts, flippancies, and outright lies....."

Since the 1980s, I viewed Trump as a crook and con artist. So far, he is catering to the wealthy and screwing the rest of us. Mnuchin and his bank tossed the elderly and family of Iraq vets after they foreclosed on their homes. Mnuchin is a crook that got paid from tax payer's money when the US government bailed out his and other banks. Only crooks and fraudsters try to hide the fact that they are crooks and frauds by accusing others as liars and fakes.

First, they told us that Pepe was racist. Now, the liberal media is attempting to analyze the art of sh*tposting.

Can't make this stuff up.