Post-truth
Post-truth - Relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief – The Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year. How the f**k does a Donald Trump happen? He’s the kind of guy at a party who knows everything about everything, the kind of guy a lot of us try to avoid because it’s impossible to have a normal conversation with him. Name a topic and he’ll know more than you. I’ll give you an example. “ I know more about ISIS than the generals do .” A normal response to a statement like that would be “you’re a f**king idiot” and find another place to be. But he’s the presidential candidate for the Republican party. The seriousness of the office to which he aspires can’t be ignored. So, the media, the public and, more specifically, other candidates are forced to reason with the pronouncements, prognostications and suppos...