# Why did the media "cry wolf" about Trump's Mt. Rushmore speech when there are so many real wolves out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713 "2020-07-08T08:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/21 "2020-07-09T00:01:23Z")
You aren’t as good at lying as you think. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/22 "2020-07-09T00:03:43Z")
You are either lying yourself just to fuck with me, or you have some kind of serious cognitive deficit. What pro-Trump goal would be achieved by saying all those (factually true and verifiable) insults about him, while never complimenting him? How does this double-secret deep-cover trick actually _work_, in your mind? Please explain. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/23 "2020-07-09T00:16:33Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > But when I read this, I can easily imagine Dubya, McCain, or Romney giving the same speech. It’s just a boilerplate, jingoistic, rah-rah-America-mom-and-apple-pie Republican speech. There was nothing in there defending the Confederacy. Nah. It was George Wallace - Joe McCarthy worthy. I’m not saying people should faint over it, because it shouldn’t be a surprise. But rhetorically, for a sitting president, it’s expanding the known universe. Ya can’t ignore it or call it boilerplate, cuz president. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/24 "2020-07-09T00:18:33Z")
The Slacker doth protest too much, methinks. I mean your avatar is a hilarious example. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/25 "2020-07-09T00:19:56Z")
And yet: no matter how many times I ask you, you can never explain how this long con would actually make any sense. What actual net pro-Trump message am I stealthily peddling? You won’t explain, because you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/26 "2020-07-09T00:24:52Z")
And now you’re going to pretend to not understand how concern trolling works. That is usually the next move. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/27 "2020-07-09T00:38:33Z")
Still waiting for your explanation of how my posts would benefit Trump. I have a feeling I will be waiting an infinitely long time… It’s wild that, even after Joe Biden won the primaries decisively, and even despite [abundant polling data on the subject](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjl_vjl9b7qAhVEK80KHR4TCVQQFjAAegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fideas%2Farchive%2F2018%2F10%2Flarge-majorities-dislike-political-correctness%2F572581%2F&usg=AOvVaw21hGv-0BUXUWbf7juX-bNq), online progressives cannot comprehend that there are millions of Democrats who hate political correctness. The problem being that hardly any of us show up online and stick up for this position, so the very rare exception like myself sticks out like a sore thumb and people like you think we can’t possibly be for real. But I speak for millions of others who don’t engage online, but who do vote in large numbers (look at Biden’s pitifully small rallies compared to the throngs at Bernie’s, and then looked at who went out to the polls on election day). Your progressive candidates would never get anything done without us! Even if it is too tepid and incremental for your taste. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/28 "2020-07-09T00:46:01Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > look at Biden’s pitifully small rallies compared to the throngs at Bernie’s, and then looked at who went out to the polls on election day D’oh: “and then **look** at who…” ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/29 "2020-07-09T00:53:27Z")
I figure you’re just a dumbass racist who likes to own the libs by concern trolling. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/30 "2020-07-09T01:11:45Z")
@discobot fortune Will SlackWit ever pull his head out of Trump’s ass? ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/31 "2020-07-09T01:11:49Z")
> 🔮 Without a doubt ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/32 "2020-07-09T01:13:15Z")
Hey, guys, I guess maybe there is hope for SlackWit after all!NJust as soon as he pulls his head out of Trump’s ass… _cringe_ Unless it’s to then go on and put it in Pence’s _cringe_ ---
**Author:** ![discobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/discobot/32/570_2.png) [@discobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/discobot)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/33 "2020-07-09T01:13:17Z")
Hi! To find out what I can do, say `@discobot display help`. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/34 "2020-07-09T01:14:00Z")
Thanks for the assist, discobot, and I do appreciate your optimism! ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/35 "2020-07-09T02:41:38Z")
Then you’re a complete idiot, as I thought. No one who wants to “own the libs” would think of half the stuff I write about–and not just regarding politics, either. I have spent hours on this site discussing various independent films and premium TV shows no self-respecting right winger would ever go near. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/36 "2020-07-09T02:59:23Z")
Lol that’s some good stuff right here ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/37 "2020-07-09T03:06:28Z")
A typically erudite and incisive observation from **Chingon**. The subtle wordplay, the esoteric witticisms…a real delight for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/38 "2020-07-09T03:09:19Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Then you’re a complete idiot, as I thought. No one who wants to “own the libs” would think of half the stuff I write about–and not just regarding politics, either. I have spent hours on this site discussing various independent films and premium TV shows no self-respecting right winger would ever go near. Yes, you’ve ‘gone native’. Someone should inform your handler. CMC ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/39 "2020-07-09T03:10:13Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Yes, you’ve ‘gone native’. Someone should inform your handler. Haha, now _that_ was actually pretty good! See if you can give some lessons to Chingon so he’s not so tiresome and one-note. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713/40 "2020-07-09T03:10:40Z")
It’s hilarious that you think your insipid tv and movie hot takes are some sort of evidence that you’re not an obvious dumbshit racist concern troll. Actually maybe you’re just a top notch parody poster… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-media-cry-wolf-about-trumps-mt-rushmore-speech-when-there-are-so-many-real-wolves-out-there/914713.md?page=3)