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paulkienitz

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16. the one Trumpie I regularly talk to definitely has some kind of systematic cognitive error

Reply to MissMillie (Original post)

Mon Jan 13, 2020, 06:26 PM

Jan 2020

This guy seems to have a constant predisposition to see people as moved from outside by others, rather than ever acting independently. He ascribes everything to hidden forces rather than to personal impulse or choice. In short, he's in some sense paranoid. Before I started noticing this pattern of cognitive error (starting around 2011), he used to be a progressive. Now he's invested in believing Trumpian fantasies, and also has no sympathy for victims of brutality such as the kids in cages (which may have been true all along)... yet he remains anti-war.

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They'll believe just about anything except the truth [View all] MissMillie Jan 2020 OP

Often when I hear... lame54 Jan 2020 #1

Fifth: There's something wrong with those who can't live without guns. FiveGoodMen Jan 2020 #2

+1 BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #25

Hand him your phone or laptop maxsolomon Jan 2020 #3

He did show me the podcast MissMillie Jan 2020 #6

Oh, a PODCAST. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #7

Yep MissMillie Jan 2020 #8

You did. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #15

Better yet: "show me a legitimate professional source". KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2020 #20

well, then you get into a argument over legitimacy maxsolomon Jan 2020 #24

So how did he respond to this updated information that you showed him? n/t TheRickles Jan 2020 #10

He said that MissMillie Jan 2020 #12

"All roads lead to Rome." soldierant Jan 2020 #26

Goggle for gawd's sake. 3 minutes is all it took. usaf-vet Jan 2020 #22

That's how I found my link, too. Like the 1st result from a local paper. maxsolomon Jan 2020 #23

His core supporters are emotionally invested in Trump in a way that's difficult for people of sound Mike 03 Jan 2020 #4

It is hard to understand Ahpook Jan 2020 #27

You could have just said this is America. pwb Jan 2020 #5

This shit did not start with 45 Cosmocat Jan 2020 #9

Exactly! nt Duppers Jan 2020 #14

What I always find to be fun is Mr.Bill Jan 2020 #11

That's a great idea MissMillie Jan 2020 #13

the one Trumpie I regularly talk to definitely has some kind of systematic cognitive error paulkienitz Jan 2020 #16

"Go get your guns" "I'll wait right here on your porch". JohnnyRingo Jan 2020 #17

--- and the result will be some poor bastid getting shot, ringing some asshole's doorbell 3Hotdogs Jan 2020 #18

Most of those crackers would rather have their penises confiscated than their guns... Raster Jan 2020 #19

The politics of stupidity.... paleotn Jan 2020 #21

Find better friends. Life's too short. (nt) Paladin Jan 2020 #28

Some people wrap themselves in a blanket of fear packman Jan 2020 #29

Meanwhile, in Australia and New Zealand: Aussie105 Jan 2020 #30

Way too rational Normanart Jan 2020 #31

I have some friends cut from that same cloth. We... Whiskeytide Jan 2020 #32