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(31,798 posts)The danger is 45's television fans
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)utter awfulness and start thinking about the REAL war, the real problem that is going to overwhelm everything else?
GLOBAL WARMING.
Thank you. No offense.
JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)45's TV fans stand in the way. They are worried about 'them those people over there taking their jobs and killing people'.
The REAL danger - not having a super majority in the Senate and the existing Majority in the house in January 21.
We have to silence those who do not understand that scientists have pulled in the danger point for earth to 2029.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,513 posts)SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)calimary
(81,194 posts)So what does that say about them, then.
dchill
(38,465 posts)calimary
(81,194 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Therefore, anything a liberal does is bad. Anything a Republican does is good, or at the very least better than a liberal.
This ideology has been "coached" for years, endlessly. "Don't trust the MSM". And when Democrats are in charge: "Government is bad".
Trump's television audience are the guinea pigs for a major Russian brainwashing operation. Since they were already groomed to act without thinking, they were easy prey.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Fox and Limbaugh provide excuses for Trump and they attacked Obama for the above.
The greatest traitorous everyday action an American can take is to listen to Fox or Limbaugh.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)professionals use (among others) to describe mental disturbances afflicting typical Republicans. A frightening percentage are also psychopaths to some degree.
As a common man, I prefer to just call them cold, selfish, self-centered, greedy, fear-driven assholes......
zaj
(3,433 posts)It's all about this.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)Also want to read "The Authoritarians" by Dr. Robert Altemeyer.
Sometimes it's frightening to read about the psychology and roots of this massive issue, but the more I understand it, the better I can face up to dealing with those people in my life.
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zaj
(3,433 posts)... who seek control. It's also all the people who seek to submit to those people.
It completely explains how Trump united a base of heathans and RW Christians for his base. His base is nearly the entire population of American authoritarian personality types.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)I found some good psychology articles that began painting a picture of certain personality types common in all societies. That process has reduced my stress while observing their behavior, particularly since I have a highly sensitive personality.
The key light-bulb moment was when I realized their personality type craves a structure of authority in order to feel complete, which is something I never was attached to. As kids, we were taught to respect authority but not worship it or be dependent on it in our lives.
Therefore, they seem to want a structure something like this (top-to-bottom) but with millions of variations:
God > preacher > grandparents and parents > bosses at work > political pundits (Limbaugh, et al) > politicians (Reagan, etc.) > like-minded siblings and friends > spouse or partners.
They have great difficulty dealing with situations when their structure becomes broken or collapses, and some with serious mental problems may resort to violence.
Just my amateur observations.....
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Ligyron
(7,624 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)Comfort in close-mindedness, I suppose. That's how conservatives prefer we all stay so we're easier to control.
Education is the key. Far too many people read anything with depth these days, to our peril. We need to refocus on providing our youth with a well-rounded education so that healthy open-mindedness starts early.
That's exactly what pulled me out of my backward, country ways of thinking after I started college. That, and a couple of great high-school teachers in my farm town school that gave me a little head-start in physics and English.
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Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,489 posts)Murdoch would be forced to rename that network "The Republican Party Propaganda Channel".
Actually in a fair, rational and just world Murdoch and his whole damn clan would be forced into poverty on a deserted island because of massive social, cultural and economic damage he's done to at least three nations I'm aware of (UK, US and Australia).
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Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)krkaufman
(13,435 posts)The RW propaganda machine is much bigger than just Fox News. Hate Radio is probably more a factor.
Dan
(3,543 posts)Exposure.... smile.
We've allowed a number of social/cultural bubbles to form in the US that are quite dangerous and we must work to get all of us out of our comfort zones more often.
I recall bubbles of sorts in the 50s thru 70s, but they were mostly economic, cultural and regional. Now, they're mostly political which is contrary to working-class unity.
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zaj
(3,433 posts)Because Trump is uniquely stupid, but not uniquely corrupt.
His successor will be a pro at corruption and much smarter.
Watch some Richard Spencer type win the 2024 nomination and do some real damage because the don't comes the scam when starting to roll out the scam.
LittleGirl
(8,282 posts)It's them...because of him. Because they are him.
Tribalceltic
(1,000 posts)I would love to send this to a few people
lark
(23,083 posts)Violating the constitution and helping Russia to the detriment of America and Americans on a daily basis since 1/16.
Hotler
(11,412 posts)Cha
(297,121 posts)BarbD
(1,192 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,876 posts)As was the original 1975 version of Rollerball by Norman Jewison.
krkaufman
(13,435 posts)Yes, @realDonaldTrump is just a symptom ... the gangrenous foot of a diabetic. The foot can be removed but the root cause of the neuropathy remains. The media diet of the GOP base, and the funding that supports it all, ensure a repeat of the symptoms post-Trump
PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)Stephen King calls 'the Great Stupid,' and of whom Charles Dickens warned that doom is 'writ upon their brow.'
So, you know...I'm not really down with doom.
That is why we all need to work together, NOT let ourselves be divided or effed by right wing rats. We need to flip the Senate and the WH while still keeping the House.
calimary
(81,194 posts)Sheesh - hypocrisy much?