Today's MOZEN: Trump and the Savant Syndrome

F LoBuono

Few arguments are won through insults. So, the challenge, for me at least, is to find a way to make my point with passion but to do my best to avoid pejoratives and ad hominem attacks.

However, there are times when the only way to be effective is to throw caution to the wind and tell it like it is - especially when it's YOUR blog.

So, with that in mind, I'll be blunt - brutally so.

Our President is a moron. Wait, that may not be entirely accurate. Perhaps, Savant would be the better description. The term, as I wish to use it here, was popularized in the 1988 movie, Rain Man, staring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. Playing brothers, Hoffman's character is an autistic man who cannot function in most normal ways but shows an incredibly brilliant acumen with numbers. This condition is known as Savant Syndrome.

So, it is with Donald J. Trump. He exhibits such poor abilities in most areas like speaking, spelling, and accuracy. He just can't seem to do anything right - except promote himself. And, this he does brilliantly!! His skills in self-promotion are downright extraordinary. And, it becomes apparent with each appearance he makes. Every time he speaks to his base, WHAT he says is FAR less important than HOW he says it. He speaks like your average, run-of-the-mill Joe - just like the people he panders to, i.e. The Base. Apparently, they are easily insulted by people of high intelligence, calling them arrogant elites. They don't want to be talked down to. So, instead of looking to be enriched, educated, and inspired by a person of great learning, diction, and conviction, they settle for a poorly spoken buffoon who, because of his own shortcomings, makes them feel better about their own.

Certainly, no one should be made to feel inferior to anyone else. That's absurd. But, since when is it elitist to try to raise the lot of others through inspired, informed speech? Why should we not look to our leaders to be exceptional human beings in every way? Why should we wallow in the mud with someone who is best suited to be there instead of raising our eyes to the heavens, encouraged by someone with the courage and skills to take us there?

Instead, Mr. Trump will continue to throw raw, red meat to his base where, like a pack of howling dogs, they will gorge themselves on the scraps offered. Unfortunately for them (and, US), they are too ill informed to know just how badly they are being duped.

There is a fun internet meme that's been circulating for a while. I believe that it is appropriate to use in this situation:

You can't tell people that they are dead - because they are dead. It is the same with stupid people. They simply will not understand what you are saying. Because they are stupid.