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Ignorance, Apathy, Hatred and Fear
May. 1st, 2009 08:44 pmThe youtube clip below is an interesting assessment of the tea bag events on Keith Olberman's show. Olberman says the lady guest on the show is an expert on the limbic brain. I think there is some truth in what she says, that the core of Republican-Conservatism is racist. Obama is different, strange, OTHER to them. Notice the way the people in the video clip BOO at a speaker who is telling them the obvious truth that they don't want to face. It causes a kind of cognitive dissonance that makes people unpredictable and possibly dangerous. The people I talked to at the tea party events were not particularly well informed, and the ones who say they're afraid of Obama, or who think he's wrong or bad, are clearly not acquainted with the guy in the least. They are parroting something that they have learned somewhere else. Like perhaps on Fox news, or from Rush Limbaugh. My uncle is a dangerous Republican racist. I can say that because he is my uncle. So I know that I am not the only one with an uncle just like that. Yes, interesting clip here. I will probably watch it again.
My Uncle, for real.
Also, on Stockholm Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome it's when hostages feel empathetic toward their captors, and mistake a lack of abuse for kindness. The speaker suggests that many women are in this kind of relationship with their men.
My Uncle, for real.Also, on Stockholm Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome it's when hostages feel empathetic toward their captors, and mistake a lack of abuse for kindness. The speaker suggests that many women are in this kind of relationship with their men.
Philosophical Quiz
Jun. 6th, 2008 09:19 amWhat philosophy do you follow? (v1.03)
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another reason not to pick McCain
Mar. 27th, 2008 04:47 pmHis daughter's blog is entirely about anything but the issues or the candidates.
Check it out:
http://www.mccainblogette.com/
How American of her.
"Politicians and their families have been SO ISOLATED"....poor things.
Check it out:
http://www.mccainblogette.com/
How American of her.
"Politicians and their families have been SO ISOLATED"....poor things.
I can barely believe that I live in a household with three adults who do not know about NPR. I have never lived with such "mainstream" people and I confess to being glad that I haven't mentioned my blog to them. This American Life plays at 8pm on Wednesday nights here. I'm listening now. It's a program about our inner demons.
Everything Causes Cancer
Mar. 30th, 2007 07:36 pmA couple days ago I posted links with new findings about cancer incidence, and two friends of mine responded with "everything causes cancer". I remember thinking the Joe Jackson song from the 1980's was amusing. But when my friends responded with those words, I got pissed. I took their reply as sarcastic, and I don't tolerate sarcasm very well to start with. I discovered that I have a button, and I've been thinking about it ever since, trying to understand why these words and the attitude behind them grate on my nerves.
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