One overlooked reason J.D. Vance did well in his debate with Tim Walz was because he was articulate and well-spoken. He didn’t sound like a moron at a time when so many do. From Jeffrey A. Tucker at The Epoch Times via zerohedge.com:
The day before the Vance/Walz vice presidential debate, I was having lunch with a gentleman with an old-world education, certainly of the highest levels, but just Brooklyn public schools in the old days. He is not a credentialed intellectual in any official sense but it was fascinating to hear him speak about almost anything, even when we disagreed.
He mentioned in passing that he can hardly have a conversation with anyone under 40 these days. This is not because they are stupid or inexperienced. It is because they do not speak properly. They cannot seem to form sentences coherently. They are not adept at normal communication. The language they speak is not anything like standard English and neither is it some charming slang.
The new language is something else, born of purely oral transmission and heavily informed by influencer culture and podcasting. Buzzwords are thrown around everywhere as a replacement for actual language. The vocabulary is small, including the incessant use of “literally,” “so,” “annoying,” and “actually.”
There are repeated words that grate on one’s nerves: “go” instead of said or did, “you know” and “know what I’m saying?” as a random filler, ending most sentences with “right?” plus the worst offender: the incessant deployment of the word “like,” often every 4 or 5 words.
I thank the stars that presided over my birth that I was raised by two erudite, exceptionally well-spoken grammar police who delighted in the verbal prowess accorded by a voluminous vocabulary and a extensive knowledge of the etymology of languages.
correction of typing error: an extensive