If you’re on Twitter, perhaps you’ve seen people calling for violence. I assume it’s happening on other social media as well. It looks like this: Why on earth do people think there is ever a good time to panic? I entirely fail to understand what good comes from putting our hair on fire. Will we …
Dr. Rick Bright testified this morning before the House Subcommittee on Health. What started on Twitter as me live tweeting the hearing turned into a Twitter discussion about the GOP, truth, and fairness. Dr. Bright filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that he was removed from his position because he objected when Trump wanted “flood the …
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As you can see, I started off answering a question about Trump’s taxes, and then got a bit irritated with some of my followers on Twitter. After the Supreme Court oral arguments yesterday on whether Congress and a New York grand jury can have access to Trump’s taxes and financial records, a Twitter follower asked: …
In response to my post How Fairness Wins, Andrew Cuda asked about the connection between hierarchical thinkers and conspiracy theories: It’s a good question. Short answer: Embracing the hierarchy mindset requires rejecting factuality and entering a world of myth. This answer will also explain why Bill Barr and pals reject rule of law and think …
This question was in response to my thread on hierarchy and fairness: How do Democrats overcome the GOP’s baked-in advantages? Spoiler: Democrats win by being the party of fairness. It isn’t easy, but Democrats have numbers on their side. The GOP, by its very nature, has baked-in advantages. That’s why a small group on the …
I. Fear Donald wants to know how the GOP gets people to vote against their own interests: Answer: The GOP propaganda machine is designed to play on their fears. Do you all know about that Current Biology article that showed brain differences between conservatives and liberals? MRI scans revealed that self-described conservative students have a …
The GOP believes that it is tyranny when a government takes steps to save lives, and good government when the wealthy get tax breaks. That’s because the GOP is the party of hierarchy. They don’t believe fairness and equality are possible. Hierarchy people think there’s a natural order. Some people belong on top. Others belong …
(Updating an earlier thread) I’m using Chile as an example because my husband’s family experienced the Pinochet dictatorship, so I have first hand accounts. I’ll also explain why I get so testy with the doomsayers. Sources for facts and quotations are from: Chile is a good example because—like the US, and unlike other countries who …
I know he seems like the Teflon President, who can do or say anything and slide past it. But the disinfectant comments strikes me as fundamentally different from other sensational or rage-provoking comments Trump has uttered. I don’t think he’ll live this one down. Why is this different from, say, children in cages or the …
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David Frum appeared on MSNBC and said, Trump “is weak, he is heading for a historic political defeat–one that will likely take the Republican Senate down with him. He is terrified all the time. His bravado is a carapace around his fear.“ Trump’s brand is built around winning. In his world—where cheating and breaking rules …
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