Analysis: The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the ent...

8y ago Sep 26, 2017 at 10:35 AM

The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger

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AI Analysis

Machine-generated analysis of the post above on 2026-03-11. Not written by the author of the post.

Danger Level

None

Narcissistic State

Grandiose

Authorship

Self-Written

Intensity

50%

This post continues Trump's multi-day perseveration on NFL anthem protests, using selective framing of the Dallas Cowboys Monday Night Football appearance as validation. The Cowboys actually knelt before the anthem then stood during it—a compromise gesture—but Trump frames it as pure disrespect met with universal outrage. "Great anger" performs dual function: it projects Trump's own emotional state onto the collective while simultaneously amplifying and legitimizing that anger as a political force. The post exemplifies narcissistic supply-seeking through crowd proxy—rather than expressing his own opinion, he claims the crowd's reaction as evidence, positioning himself as voice of popular will. The characteristic superlative ("loudest I have ever heard") and selective reality construction are typical of Trump's rhetorical pattern of constructing simplified narratives from complex events. While not dangerous in isolation, the post contributes to an ongoing campaign of tribal mobilization through culture-war grievance.

Authorship Analysis

Self-Written

Indicators:

Early morning posting (6:35 AM ET)
Short, punchy structure
Personal superlative ('loudest I have ever heard')
Emotional/reactive content
No links or formatting

Psychological Profile

▶ State

Grandiose State

Trigger: Supply Seeking (NFL anthem protest controversy)

Sentiment

-0.40

Mildly Hypomanic

Multi-day perseveration on single topic across numerous postsEarly morning posting

▶ Clinical

Malignant Narcissism:

Narcissistic

60%

Antisocial

20%

Paranoid

10%

Sadism

30%

Defense Mechanisms:

projectionsplittingdistortion

Cognitive Complexity:

Complexity

30%

Parasocial Techniques:

Claiming to speak for 'the people'Using crowd emotion as validation proxyCreating shared enemy for tribal bonding

Danger Assessment

None

Gaslighting Detected:

Distorts what actually happened (Cowboys knelt before anthem, stood during it) to construct narrative of pure disrespect
Selective framing of crowd reaction as unanimously hostile

Reality Distortions:

'Entire Dallas team dropped to its knees' omits that they stood for the anthem
'Loudest I have ever heard' - unverifiable superlative likely exaggerated

Fact Checks (2)

"The entire Dallas team dropped to its knees"

Half True

The Cowboys knelt collectively BEFORE the anthem, then stood and linked arms during it. Trump's framing omits the standing portion.

"Booing was the loudest I have ever heard"

Mostly False

There was a mixed reaction—some booing when players knelt, but also cheering. 'Loudest ever heard' is characteristic hyperbole with no verifiable basis.

Receipts

No contradictions with other posts detected yet.

Psychological Analysis: NFL Kneeling "Great Anger" Post (2017-09-26)

Context

Trump continues his multi-day campaign against NFL anthem protests, which he initiated at an Alabama rally on September 22. This post references the Dallas Cowboys game on Monday Night Football (September 25), where the team knelt before the anthem then stood during it. Trump frames audience booing as validation of his position.

Authorship

Posted at 6:35 AM ET (Trump likely in DC/White House). Early morning timing, short punchy structure, emotional content, and lack of polish suggest authentic Trump. The phrase "loudest I have ever heard" is characteristic personal superlative.

Psychological Dynamics

This is a supply-seeking and narcissistic validation post. Trump weaponizes crowd reaction as proof of his position's righteousness. "Great anger" is notable—he's not describing his own anger but projecting it onto the public, using collective emotion as a proxy for his own grievance while maintaining plausible distance.

The post continues a splitting dynamic: patriotic Americans (who boo) vs. disrespectful players (who kneel). The NFL controversy serves as a culture war wedge that feeds narcissistic supply through tribal mobilization.

Rhetorical Function

The post performs reality construction—selectively highlighting booing while ignoring that the Cowboys received mixed reactions and actually stood for the anthem itself. This is characteristic firehose-model reality distortion: not outright fabrication but selective framing that distorts the full picture.

"Great anger" functions as both description and incitement—naming the emotion normalizes and amplifies it.

Fact Verification

Claim	Verdict	Evidence
"The entire Dallas team dropped to its knees"	Half True	The Cowboys knelt collectively BEFORE the anthem, then stood and linked arms during it. Trump's framing omits the standing portion.
"Booing was the loudest I have ever heard"	Mostly False	There was a mixed reaction—some booing when players knelt, but also cheering. 'Loudest ever heard' is characteristic hyperbole with no verifiable basis.

Overall Veracity: 35%