{"id":98067,"date":"2016-06-05T12:53:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T20:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=98067"},"modified":"2016-06-05T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T20:53:10","slug":"scott-adams-endorses-hillary-clinton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=98067","title":{"rendered":"Scott Adams Endorses Hillary Clinton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Adams blogs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve decided to come off the sidelines and endorse a candidate for President of the United States. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll start by reminding readers that my politics don\u2019t align with any of the candidates. My interest in the race has been limited to Trump\u2019s extraordinary persuasion skills. But lately Hillary Clinton has moved into the persuasion game \u2013 and away from boring facts and policies \u2013 with great success. Let\u2019s talk about that.<\/p>\n

This past week we saw Clinton pair the idea of President Trump with nuclear disaster, racism, Hitler, the Holocaust, and whatever else makes you tremble in fear. <\/p>\n

That is good persuasion if you can pull it off because fear is a strong motivator. It is also a sharp pivot from Clinton\u2019s prior approach of talking about her mastery of policy details, her experience, and her gender. Trump took her so-called \u201cwoman card\u201d and turned it into a liability. So Clinton wisely pivoted. Her new scare tactics are solid-gold persuasion. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if you see Clinton\u2019s numbers versus Trump improve in June, at least temporarily, until Trump finds a counter-move.<\/p>\n

The only downside I can see to the new approach is that it is likely to trigger a race war in the United States. And I would be a top-ten assassination target in that scenario because once you define Trump as Hitler, you also give citizens moral permission to kill him. And obviously it would be okay to kill anyone who actively supports a genocidal dictator, including anyone who wrote about his persuasion skills in positive terms. (I\u2019m called an \u201capologist\u201d on Twitter, or sometimes just Joseph Goebbels). <\/p>\n

If Clinton successfully pairs Trump with Hitler in your mind \u2013 as she is doing \u2013 and loses anyway, about a quarter of the country will think it is morally justified to assassinate their own leader. I too would feel that way if an actual Hitler came to power in this country. I would join the resistance and try to take out the Hitler-like leader. You should do the same. No one wants an actual President Hitler.<\/p>\n

So I\u2019ve decided to endorse Hillary Clinton for President, for my personal safety. Trump supporters don\u2019t have any bad feelings about patriotic Americans such as myself, so I\u2019ll be safe from that crowd. But Clinton supporters have convinced me \u2013 and here I am being 100% serious \u2013 that my safety is at risk if I am seen as supportive of Trump. So I\u2019m taking the safe way out and endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.<\/p>\n

As I have often said, I have no psychic powers and I don\u2019t know which candidate would be the best president. But I do know which outcome is most likely to get me killed by my fellow citizens. So for safety reason, I\u2019m on team Clinton.<\/p>\n

My prediction remains that Trump will win in a landslide based on his superior persuasion skills. But don\u2019t blame me for anything President Trump does in office because I endorse Clinton.<\/p>\n

The rest of you are on your own. Good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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