# Jonathan Chance's warning of LHoD **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 22, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chances-warning-of-lhod/760585 "2016-07-22T13:01:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 133
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With 50-50 hindsight, this would have been best in this case IMHO. > [@The Republican national Convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/1252): > > Part of me wants to believe that. But he’s such an egotistical, self-aggrandizing narcissist that I can’t see him being altruistic, even for his family. > [@The Republican national Convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/1255): > > My opinion is that most of that is just an act. LHoD: “How does this make any sense?..” But multiquoting carries its own problems. Let me try another formulation. Brackets added: > [@The Republican national Convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/1255): > > My opinion is that most of that [Superdude’s claim that Trump is, “an egotistical, self-aggrandizing narcissist”] is just an act. That doesn’t give the appearance of editorializing, but it accurately conveys what was said. The downside is wordiness. I dislike the following bowdlerization, because it’s vaguer. Strunk and White might agree with me. Brackets added: > [@The Republican national Convention](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-national-convention/757729/1255): > > My opinion is that most of that [Trump’s persona] is just an act. To be clear, I don’t think LHoD or anyone should be held to the best practice standard, nor are they. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-chances-warning-of-lhod/760585)._