Reads more as manic than rehearsed to me, but I’m not sure I see how the distinction matters. Usually I assume that if somebody has thought through what they want to say before they say it, they’re more likely to give their real thoughts as a result, as opposed to some reactively oppositional take. I guess there’s the Andy Kaufman defense?
(I guess I should mention, there’s at least one way that the distinction is relevant here. At the first pause I indicated, it seems like they were about to say that they want their political opponents wiped off of the face of the earth, but catch themself in time to moderate to something slightly less evil. I read this as instinctively reaching for the worst thing they can think to say about people they hate but not actually being committed to the content. If I thought this were more rehearsed, I think I would read it as at least some small percentage of desire for political genocide against the left. But this involves a bit too much speculation for my taste, I’m much more concerned with the claim I originally quoted, which strikes me as unsalvageably naive.)
Reads more as manic than rehearsed to me, but I’m not sure I see how the distinction matters. Usually I assume that if somebody has thought through what they want to say before they say it, they’re more likely to give their real thoughts as a result, as opposed to some reactively oppositional take. I guess there’s the Andy Kaufman defense?
(I guess I should mention, there’s at least one way that the distinction is relevant here. At the first pause I indicated, it seems like they were about to say that they want their political opponents wiped off of the face of the earth, but catch themself in time to moderate to something slightly less evil. I read this as instinctively reaching for the worst thing they can think to say about people they hate but not actually being committed to the content. If I thought this were more rehearsed, I think I would read it as at least some small percentage of desire for political genocide against the left. But this involves a bit too much speculation for my taste, I’m much more concerned with the claim I originally quoted, which strikes me as unsalvageably naive.)