Eduardo PontesDec 7
Dare Obasanjo

The most depressing lesson of the Trump era is that scandals don’t matter if the perpetrator and their supporters don’t feel shame.

Shamelessness is now a political superpower.

Dec 7 at 2:44amWeb
Show threadWill 🇯🇵Dec 7
@carnage4life I was thinking yesterday that he's a remarkable blend of utter shamelessness (armour plated) and thin skinned hyper sensitivity to insults which manifests itself in long held grudges and thirst for revenge. Terrifying. Can’t wait for his demise. Imagine the celebrations.
Show threadHeath BordersDec 7
@carnage4life he feels shame, but only to his audience, not to existing power structures
Show threadHoward CohenDec 7
@carnage4life Well said!
Show threadNeil KandalgaonkarDec 7

@carnage4life I’m pretty sure Bill Clinton didn’t feel shame, but he still had to perform it. Likewise every televangelist caught in a sex scandal in the 90s.

Sociopaths have always been in power. What’s changed is the world around them.

Show threadMiha MarkičDec 7
@carnage4life It's a critical mass of stupidity and shameless all over executive and judicial positions.
Show threadJeff McNeillDec 7
@carnage4life Yes, but the shamelessness has to be shared by the electorate...
Show threadWolfgang BremerDec 7
@carnage4life In German there’s a word, ‘Fremdschämen’, meaning being embarrassed on behalf of someone else. We’ve been feeling that a lot lately whenever Trump or his goon-filled administration take any action at all, because so much of what they do appears shockingly self-serving, corrupt and harmful.
Show threadCluster FckuDec 8
@carnage4life apologies, as I don't wish to take away from the very serious implications this new truth has and has had for peace and prosperity around the globe, but I first read "sandals" (yes, without "c") and found it spoke truth, but wondered why make such a point... until I recognized my flaw