November 6, 2016

November 6, 2016 

Written by Maximus Peperkamp, M.S. Verbal Engineer

Dear Reader,

Here is my analysis of the results of the American presidential election. Now that Donald Trump is done campaigning with his Noxious Verbal Behavior (NVB), he is toning it down in his graceful acceptance speech as the real work must begin. The real work is Sound Verbal Behavior (SVB). Difficult as this may be to accept, the outcome of this election is a victory for SVB. Regardless of what one may feel about his demeanor, he won as he was more authentic than Hillary Clinton.

The majority of Americans is sick and tired of scripted, predetermined and mechanical speech, which is NVB. Trump’s outsider’s, non-political, entertainer’s, unconventional approach won him the election as he was powerful enough to be blatantly himself. In effect, he expresses more SVB than Clinton, who can only pretend to express SVB. Our conflicted and polarized country now demands that we take a closer and more realistic look at how we are actually communicating with each other.

Our technology forces us to look at ourselves and to become aware of ourselves. Although Trump doesn’t know the difference between SVB and NVB, he has the behavioral history that allows him to recognize the difference between authenticity and phoniness. His speech is different from anybody else. He has ‘authentic’ NVB and was chosen for expressing the widespread dissatisfaction with the status quo.

Whether we know it or not, we are in the process of coming to terms with NVB, which has been around since the dawn of men. We cannot engage in ongoing SVB as long as we haven’t explored and understood NVB. This election was NOT about what was said, but about how it was said. How we say things is much more essential to how the speaker is perceived by the listener than we have previously believed. Mankind’s history has definitely been with NVB, but mankind’s future is with SVB.