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When Donald J. Trump was inaugurated to be the 45th President of the U.S.A., a bunch of disgraced, unhinged lefties had to console themselves with a doctored meme about crowd sizes. Trump and Kellyanne Conway corrected their delusion, but this sent these losers into a fury of CogDis and hysterics which lasts to this day. Isn't it ironic that while ignoring this they cry the loudest about this being a "post-Truth" era?

Just Zack Let's just forget about 'truth' and consider basic communication for a moment. JH's 'question' does not even consider the actual content of the book, …moreLet's just forget about 'truth' and consider basic communication for a moment. JH's 'question' does not even consider the actual content of the book, but is rather simply (and i mean 'rather simply') a politically-motivated observation based on the title alone, with a question mark at the end. If a writer (or reader) subverts the basic meaning of a word like "question", preferring his or her own definition in order to make a point (in this case, who should be considered a 'loser'), language itself is emptied of efficacy and communication ceases. In keeping with the author's interest in airports, one might call this kind of superficial and hollow response 'ideology-based hijacking', not very helpful in moving the conversation forward. (less)

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