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Trump Is Like an Aggressive Chimp and May Not Last Long as President, Says Jane Goodall
Newsweek ^ | September 20, 2017 | Tufayel Ahmed

Posted on 09/22/2017 5:37:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Primatologist Jane Goodall has made her name studying chimpanzees for over half a century. So, if anyone can deduce a distinct correlation between a brash chimp and the egoistic hubris of, say, the president of the United States, it’s Goodall.

Pre-election, last October, Goodall made a comparison between then-Republican candidate Donald Trump and the primates she has devoted her life to understanding.

“In many ways the performances of Donald Trump remind me of male chimpanzees and their dominance rituals,” she told the Atlantic.

“In order to impress rivals, males seeking to rise in the dominance hierarchy perform spectacular displays: Stamping, slapping the ground, dragging branches, throwing rocks. The more vigorous and imaginative the display, the faster the individual is likely to rise in the hierarchy, and the longer he is likely to maintain that position.”

Trump’s election campaign was littered with plenty of metaphorical stamping and rock-throwing.....

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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KEYWORDS: animals; apes; junglejane; primates; trump
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Is there anything they won't say? I see that now that the president isn't black we're back to the chimp insult.
1 posted on 09/22/2017 5:37:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I thought gorillas ate her.


2 posted on 09/22/2017 5:40:37 PM PDT by Salamander (Why so unforgiving? And why so cold? Been a long time crossing the bridge of sighs....)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t feel like getting zotted tonight, so I best just leave this one alone


3 posted on 09/22/2017 5:40:59 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Salamander

didn’t she married a chimp?


4 posted on 09/22/2017 5:41:14 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Those suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome need to get new material. This is getting boring.

5 posted on 09/22/2017 5:41:31 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Goodall is an ugly woman, inside and out. She is way past her expiration date.


6 posted on 09/22/2017 5:42:24 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Goodall’s got chimps on the brain.


7 posted on 09/22/2017 5:42:37 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I assume she knows that dominant chimpanzees literally bite the gonads off their rivals to kill them.


8 posted on 09/22/2017 5:42:42 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Didn’t she get her FACE RIPPED OPEN by some primate ‘friend’ of her’s, or was it someone underpaid intern hoping to get a ‘degree’?


9 posted on 09/22/2017 5:42:54 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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Newsweak dredging up a year old comment by monkey lady


10 posted on 09/22/2017 5:42:59 PM PDT by digger48
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Studying chimpanzees for half a century qualifies her to comment on American politics, how??


11 posted on 09/22/2017 5:43:13 PM PDT by fhayek
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Jane....I'll bet there are no glass and steel skyscrapers in Manhattan with the name “Chimp” at the front entrance.
12 posted on 09/22/2017 5:43:31 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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Maybe he is the alpha chimp. Wonder if she considered that?


13 posted on 09/22/2017 5:43:36 PM PDT by dhs12345
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President Trump sure does get the old hags riled up.


14 posted on 09/22/2017 5:44:31 PM PDT by 4yearlurker (Space for rent.)
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Primatologist Jane Goodall has made her name studying chimpanzees for over half a century. So, if anyone can deduce a distinct correlation between a brash chimp and the egoistic hubris of, say, the president of the United States, it’s Goodall.

Yes because being an expert in anything also makes you an expert on why a Republican President is bad....unless you disagree about the Republican President being bad, in which case it doesn't.

15 posted on 09/22/2017 5:44:41 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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“Goodall is an ugly woman, inside and out.”

Good lord,when I first saw your post I thought it was about Roger Goodell. I almost dropped dead. :-)

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16 posted on 09/22/2017 5:44:48 PM PDT by Mears
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I think that it was Jesse Jackson who made a gonad comment about Obama. But I would never go THERE in this discussion...


17 posted on 09/22/2017 5:45:10 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Kozy; vette6387; flat; unkus; HarleyLady27; left that other site; NFHale; sheik yerbouty; ...

She would be a good mate for Juan McLame or Crooked Hitlery, ya think?


18 posted on 09/22/2017 5:45:39 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Commie useful idiots to the are piling on. Many, like Jane Goodall, are doing it to gain relevance after their glory in the sun has faded and economic problems have risen.


19 posted on 09/22/2017 5:45:42 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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After this comment, she went on to talk to a trash can for an hour and eat a shoe for dinner.


20 posted on 09/22/2017 5:45:54 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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