There is definitely an emotional component present in so many of Trump's supporters.
This ought to work out well for them 😂
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It's all emotion. If, and that's a big if, there was ever anything substantial or serious about his political campaign it has been distilled out long ago.
Nope, you don't have Kid Rock anymore, Jack. He went woke and is drinking Bud Light, again. He probably never stopped drinking it.
I'm sort of to the point where I just pity anyone that is still fawning over such an obvious fraud. No anger, just resigned to the fact that I can't relate to their reality of experience. It's very similar to how I feel about all of the old friends that have swallowed the MLM hook. I suppose it's not a coincidence that, among people i grew up with, those two groups overlap quite a bit...and are way more numerous than I could have ever guessed.
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"reality of experience" that's a decent way of putting it.
I wish it were my own, but it comes from The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
Rightwing media has turned the brains of Republicans into mush.
It's pretty easy to see why the GOP would start this war against Taylor Swift. She's independent and successful financially. She isn't dependent on a man, in fact Travis Kelce is clearly the lesser celebrity in their relationship. She does not hate the gays, and believes they are equal to other humans. She thinks women should have autonomy over their bodies.
She started as a country singer, and speaks openly about being a Christian. But, she threatens the cult leader, so she must be destroyed.
She started as a country singer, and speaks openly about being a Christian. But, she threatens the cult leader, so she must be destroyed.
Thanks, I might follow this goodreads reviewers advice:
"One can undoubtedly skip the massive bulk of this book (600+ pages) and go straight to the last section, a very dynamic text titled Ideology and Terror: A Novel Form of Government. This chapter is a masterful analysis of ideology. In particular, the author describes the complicated relationship between ideologies and truth. Indeed, ideological frameworks are often based on superstition, magical thinking, pseudo-science or disputed theories, yet claim to be the sole and total truth. Its precepts supersede facts (remember the debate between “fake news” and “alternative facts”), and anything that does not back up the ideology’s belief system or final purpose should be considered a “hoax”. In other words, canned messages and comforting fantasies need to win over the complexities of reality. However, suppose an ideology is having a hard time because reality is a bit too chaotic to handle? In that case, there are still practical last resorts, such as the “ostrich approach” or the “scapegoat approach” (heap abuse on the wayward minorities or on those who stand up for the facts).
In short: an ideology needs people who cannot make the difference between fiction and reality and consent to be led like lemmings. In Arendt’s own words: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist” (Penguin paperback edition, p. 622). Moreover, this ideal subject of totalitarian rule is best brewed when people mope around in isolation, loneliness, impotence, “uprootedness” and “superfluousness” (let us add unemployment, poverty and distress): an all too common experience in our postmodern condition. And once a rule of terror is established, no one is ever loitering, floundering or left alone anymore."
Taylor doesn’t play to half-empty 10k person venues.
I've mentioned that book before on HORT. History is in danger of repeating itself.
So, Northern, Ryan, Biggrey, IMCC, Hawkedoff...
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Fox News has done to Boomers what they said Nintendo would do to people my age.
18 minutes of actual football in a 3 1/2 hr broadcast is why football is why i have watched less and less football over the years
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Hannah Arendt is an astute observer of the human condition and how people can be manipulated by ideology.
The Banality of Evil is also a must-read.
Uh....it's mostly been this way for many years.
6s to 7s to run each play. All the rest is replays, ads, reviews and fan shots.
It's why I have a DVR and wait an hour for a game to buffer before I start watching (sometimes 90 minutes).
You just scan fwd 30s after each play, and you're caught up in the 4th quarter with live action.
Another book that will soon hit the banned lists. It makes authoritarians uncomfortable.
Or just check the score and watch highlights and save myself having to forward through 3 hours and 12 mins of commercials and in between plays.
You can and you won't miss any of the practical points, but it could rob you of the slow building dread. I read it for the first time last summer and it was eerie to see the parallels in America today.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Yep. Just like his most ardent supporters, ever the victim.
One of the more interesting aspects of her career, IMO, was the criticism of her work.
It's amazing to read article trying to tear her down in much the same way opinion makers work today. It's all ad hominem attacks, accusations of being sympathetic to both the SS and the NKVD as well as attempts to discredit her for her romantic relationships.
It very much reminds me of how people here interact with each other.
The old “shut up and dribble” response from mediocre people who couldn’t achieve what the Taylor Swifts and LeBron Jameses of the world have with ten lifetimes.
Apparently you feel a LOT like a scorned teenaged girl.
Get a grip, it's okay. Everything's going to be okay. 😘
I don't get this at all. On one side, you have the right wing media saying all this stuff about Taylor and whipping people up over whatever it is they are scared of her for. This message gets out to people who tune into politics and were going to vote for Trump anyways.
On the other side, you're making noise outside of the political media echo chamber. You're showing how petty you can be and those who see this on sports media and TikTok, that couldn't care less about politics, are going to not understand why this is a thing. It is going to turn off people, and likely young women who may just vote for Biden because Trump and his ilk are so insecure they need to say these things about someone who influences their life.
So I guess if the GOP wants to turn off voters who have never turned into politics that is fine by me. Another vote against Trump. It isn't going to get new Trump voters, that is for sure.
On the other side, you're making noise outside of the political media echo chamber. You're showing how petty you can be and those who see this on sports media and TikTok, that couldn't care less about politics, are going to not understand why this is a thing. It is going to turn off people, and likely young women who may just vote for Biden because Trump and his ilk are so insecure they need to say these things about someone who influences their life.
So I guess if the GOP wants to turn off voters who have never turned into politics that is fine by me. Another vote against Trump. It isn't going to get new Trump voters, that is for sure.
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