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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23108955
“I was prepared to go on stage to craft a statement, saying he decided not to go on stage because of fact-checking… we couldn’t compromise on that.”
As [NABJ president Ken] Lemon was preparing that statement, Trump walked onto the stage.
It’s not quite the self-report that you think it is. Refusing to accept fact checking is a rational decision in the hypothetical framework that the participant is being honest and the checker is unreliable or dishonest.
I doubt he’s capable of such a complex thought
“I’m right. Everybody who disagrees with me is wrong. ‘fact checkers’ disagree with me, so they must be lying.” Is well within the person woman man camera TV brain.
Saying ‘nu-uh… you are…’ is right up his alley.
Sure, but I was referring to how I doubt he’s capable of thinking of others beyond himself.