in this piece. My thoughts on him, exactly, are best reflected in the quote below. In my professional life I've found that opponents without the "shame" EK is talking about are the most frustrating and difficult to deal with--they will do or say any outrageous thing to "win" or avoid ever being pinned down on anything, with no conscience. It's a scary personality type to deal with in any context--but in a President, it's downright horrifying. What Trump does/says is far beyond the pale of any candidate of either party who has ever been elected.
Trump's other gift — the one that gets less attention but is perhaps more important — is his complete lack of shame. It's easy to underestimate how important shame is in American politics. But shame is our most powerful restraint on politicians who would find success through demagoguery. Most people feel shame when they're exposed as liars, when they're seen as uninformed, when their behavior is thought cruel, when respected figures in their party condemn their actions, when experts dismiss their proposals, when they are mocked and booed and protested.
Trump doesn't. He has the reality television star's ability to operate entirely without shame, and that permits him to operate entirely without restraint. It is the single scariest facet of his personality. It is the one that allows him to go where others won't, to say what others can't, to do what others wouldn't.
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10956978/donald-trump-terrifying
Trump's other gift — the one that gets less attention but is perhaps more important — is his complete lack of shame. It's easy to underestimate how important shame is in American politics. But shame is our most powerful restraint on politicians who would find success through demagoguery. Most people feel shame when they're exposed as liars, when they're seen as uninformed, when their behavior is thought cruel, when respected figures in their party condemn their actions, when experts dismiss their proposals, when they are mocked and booed and protested.
Trump doesn't. He has the reality television star's ability to operate entirely without shame, and that permits him to operate entirely without restraint. It is the single scariest facet of his personality. It is the one that allows him to go where others won't, to say what others can't, to do what others wouldn't.
http://www.vox.com/2016/2/10/10956978/donald-trump-terrifying
