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Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?
The New York Times ^ | Aug. 29, 2024 | Ken Bensinger, Karen Yourish, Michael Gold

Posted on 08/30/2024 9:36:32 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Over his decades in the public eye, former President Donald J. Trump has a well-established history of making degrading and racist remarks about women, people of color and pretty much anyone else who crosses his path.

It is a proclivity that dates to his days as a reality television star and that has only expanded in the meme-driven era of social media. In the words of Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, Mr. Trump is “an equal opportunity offender.”

But in Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump has found a particularly complicated and risky target for his trademark brand of transgression, as more Americans are suddenly tuning in to what has become a highly competitive race.

Although there are no clear signs that Mr. Trump has increased the quantity of abuse he levels at his opponents, his decision to repost a string of sexually and racially charged broadsides in recent weeks suggests that he has turned up the dial when it comes to pure vulgarity and crudeness.

That eagerness to offend is likely to receive increased scrutiny as the election enters its final stretch. With both major parties battling for female and moderate swing-state voters, Mr. Trump could potentially alienate an undecided audience uncomfortable with his coarse rhetoric.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: karenyourish; kenbensinger; michaelgold; newyorkslimes; nyslimes; thenewyorkgaslight
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To: toddausauras

Vulgarity? Now do disgusting drag strip shows in schools.

Certainly that, and calling someone Hitler multiple times daily, is more vulgar than anything Trump has said or done.


61 posted on 08/30/2024 11:17:55 AM PDT by drSteve78 ( Older Je suis Deplorable. Even more so)
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To: toddausauras

It’s like he’s from effing Queens


62 posted on 08/30/2024 11:20:46 AM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: DeplorablePaul
It should be:

>Komrade Kamala

63 posted on 08/30/2024 11:21:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (The most expensive vehicle I drive, is my weekly grocery cart.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

And what is Kammie’s self proclaimed favorite vulgar word ? ? ?


64 posted on 08/30/2024 11:23:08 AM PDT by MCSETots ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Brutally honest free speech is LEGAL.


65 posted on 08/30/2024 11:26:15 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Turning up the dial”? No, he’s been pretty restrained this year and he’s been giving somewhat thoughtful interviews.


66 posted on 08/30/2024 11:27:00 AM PDT by x (If Doug Emhoff's a sex symbol, can Chuck Schumer be far behind?)
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To: pfflier

“ Has the nyt seen anything the entertainment industry is churning out? That is vulgarity as the norm.”

All the Trump hating women in a certain social circle of mine were
Watching Yellowstone on a weekly basis.

Like all liberals they demanded that I watch it or I would be terminally out of touch
I decided to watch the first and most recent episodes, as I do with crap
People tell me they ‘just looove’, like the ass minded Harry Potter crapppola

I know Yellowstone is indicative of what people watch. Game of thrones, etc

The vulgarity is out of control. It is pornographic to begin with

How can anyone claim to be living a decent life and be hooked on this smut

How can anyone watch this, claim to love it, then say trump is vulgar.


67 posted on 08/30/2024 11:27:47 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Liz

The Gamboni family could not have done any better...


68 posted on 08/30/2024 11:29:35 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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69 posted on 08/30/2024 11:31:27 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Liz

This should be on NYT rather than hand-wringing about a re-truth.


70 posted on 08/30/2024 11:40:39 AM PDT by SomeCallMeTim (C )
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Fat chance,


71 posted on 08/30/2024 11:47:23 AM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What vulgarity?


72 posted on 08/30/2024 11:51:41 AM PDT by TalBlack (Fight Fight Fight America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOJdMog6T0)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nobody cares about the vulgarity. He’s always been that way.

But they do care about abortion, and he’s going to lose if he alienates the pro-life voters. He thinks he’ll win over the pro-abortion voters but there’s no way in he** they’d ever vote for him anyway..


73 posted on 08/30/2024 12:06:41 PM PDT by livius
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To: MikelTackNailer

> from “Johnny Dangerously” <

I never heard of that movie. But that picture alone motivated me to look into it, and maybe rent it. After all, who doesn’t like a good gangster parody?


74 posted on 08/30/2024 12:14:13 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Politics and Politicians are by nature inherently vulgar - that’s the game.

So what’s your point NYT?


75 posted on 08/30/2024 12:23:20 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s pushing child murder and the stalin supporting NYT hears a cussword.


76 posted on 08/30/2024 1:04:57 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Vance can help with that.


77 posted on 08/30/2024 1:28:20 PM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?”

Meanwhile, democrats keep Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will They Alienate the Voters They Need?

That’s never discussed by the leftists and resident hand-wringers. Apparently, vulgarity only works one way.


78 posted on 08/30/2024 2:41:39 PM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: DeplorablePaul

Saul Alinsky — ‘Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.’


79 posted on 08/30/2024 2:52:06 PM PDT by sergeantdave (AI training involves stealing content from creators and not paying them a penny)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

I can’t think of one person who subscribes in paper version of E version. Information is ubiquitous in every newspaper, save a few of them. E magazines and blogs also carry the same propaganda, or subscribe to bare naked journalism for the MAGA crowd.


80 posted on 08/30/2024 3:52:37 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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