I read once that Trump isn’t just a liar; he’s a bullshitter. The nuance was that lying requires some consistency, some standard of a coherent story; lying requires knowing and caring about the truth and choosing a different story. Bullshitting doesn’t; bullshitting is just saying whatever you want whenever you want, regardless.
It helped me better understand their actions. And also somehow makes it worse that they believe the bullshit, since it doesn’t hold up to any kind of scrutiny or logical thought at all.
Bush Jr gave us great lies. Lies that were raised in small batches on family farms, then harvested with great care. They were aged to perfection in handcrafted oaken barrels under the supervision of Old World craftsmen and only decanted at their peak.
They were lies that made you feel ennobled by their precision
That sounds exactly like where that came from, though I didn’t know the source. Thanks for sharing!! I’ll try to credit it in the future when it comes up.
I read once that Trump isn’t just a liar; he’s a bullshitter. The nuance was that lying requires some consistency, some standard of a coherent story; lying requires knowing and caring about the truth and choosing a different story. Bullshitting doesn’t; bullshitting is just saying whatever you want whenever you want, regardless.
It helped me better understand their actions. And also somehow makes it worse that they believe the bullshit, since it doesn’t hold up to any kind of scrutiny or logical thought at all.
He is also a genuine moron who probably actually believes half of the stupid shit he says.
I’ve been using this joke for a decade now.
Bush Jr gave us great lies. Lies that were raised in small batches on family farms, then harvested with great care. They were aged to perfection in handcrafted oaken barrels under the supervision of Old World craftsmen and only decanted at their peak.
They were lies that made you feel ennobled by their precision
Yes, he is a bullshitter. I think that distinction comes from Harry Frankfurt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
That sounds exactly like where that came from, though I didn’t know the source. Thanks for sharing!! I’ll try to credit it in the future when it comes up.
There’s an actual, somewhat definitive essay on this distinction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bullshit
That’s almost certainly where the idea came from, though when I learned it wasn’t cited. Thank you for letting me know!