The policy and politics of Trumpism

[92tide]

 

[TIDE-HSV]

C&Ped from Psychologistworld.com...

The Authoritarian Personality Type

According to Adorno's theory, the elements of the Authoritarian personality type are:

• Blind allegiance to conventional beliefs about right and wrong
• Respect for submission to acknowledged authority
• Belief in aggression toward those who do not subscribe to conventional thinking, or who are different
• A negative view of people in general - i.e. the belief that people would all lie, cheat or steal if given the opportunity
• A need for strong leadership which displays uncompromising power
• A belief in simple answers and polemics - i.e. The media controls us all or The source of all our problems is the loss of morals these days.
• Resistance to creative, dangerous ideas. A black and white worldview.
• A tendency to project one's own feelings of inadequacy, rage and fear onto a scapegoated group
• A preoccupation with violence and sex

To measure these things in subjects, Adorno devised a test that asked them to state how much they agreed with particular statements. Each statement was correlated to one of the above elements. For example:

Q. The businessman and the manufacturer are more important to our country than artists and writers. (Distrust of artists and writers)

Q. Every person should have complete faith in a supernatural being whose decisions he obeys without question. (Submission to established authority)

Q. An insult to our honor should always be punished. (Aggression toward those who harbor unconventional thinking)

Sound familiar?

 

[TexasBama]

C&Ped from Psychologistworld.com...

The Authoritarian Personality Type

According to Adorno's theory, the elements of the Authoritarian personality type are:

• Blind allegiance to conventional beliefs about right and wrong
• Respect for submission to acknowledged authority
• Belief in aggression toward those who do not subscribe to conventional thinking, or who are different
• A negative view of people in general - i.e. the belief that people would all lie, cheat or steal if given the opportunity
• A need for strong leadership which displays uncompromising power
• A belief in simple answers and polemics - i.e. The media controls us all or The source of all our problems is the loss of morals these days.
• Resistance to creative, dangerous ideas. A black and white worldview.
• A tendency to project one's own feelings of inadequacy, rage and fear onto a scapegoated group
• A preoccupation with violence and sex

To measure these things in subjects, Adorno devised a test that asked them to state how much they agreed with particular statements. Each statement was correlated to one of the above elements. For example:

Q. The businessman and the manufacturer are more important to our country than artists and writers. (Distrust of artists and writers)

Q. Every person should have complete faith in a supernatural being whose decisions he obeys without question. (Submission to established authority)

Q. An insult to our honor should always be punished. (Aggression toward those who harbor unconventional thinking)

Sound familiar?

This would also fit well in the "Congrats GOP, this is who you now are" thread

 

[TIDE-HSV]

This would also fit well in the "Congrats GOP, this is who you now are" thread

Or as the OpEd in the WaPo called them "Gang Of Putin"...

 

[UAH]

C&Ped from Psychologistworld.com...

The Authoritarian Personality Type

According to Adorno's theory, the elements of the Authoritarian personality type are:

• Blind allegiance to conventional beliefs about right and wrong
• Respect for submission to acknowledged authority
• Belief in aggression toward those who do not subscribe to conventional thinking, or who are different
• A negative view of people in general - i.e. the belief that people would all lie, cheat or steal if given the opportunity
• A need for strong leadership which displays uncompromising power
• A belief in simple answers and polemics - i.e. The media controls us all or The source of all our problems is the loss of morals these days.
• Resistance to creative, dangerous ideas. A black and white worldview.
• A tendency to project one's own feelings of inadequacy, rage and fear onto a scapegoated group
• A preoccupation with violence and sex

To measure these things in subjects, Adorno devised a test that asked them to state how much they agreed with particular statements. Each statement was correlated to one of the above elements. For example:

Q. The businessman and the manufacturer are more important to our country than artists and writers. (Distrust of artists and writers)

Q. Every person should have complete faith in a supernatural being whose decisions he obeys without question. (Submission to established authority)

Q. An insult to our honor should always be punished. (Aggression toward those who harbor unconventional thinking)

Sound familiar?

Along this same line a Harvard Psychiatrist speaks frankly about Trump's intellect and emotional capacity!

Psychiatrist Lance Dodes joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s behavior abroad as the impeachment investigation advances at home. Dr. Dodes says President Trump is "running a really simple program" with "limited capacity" and exemplifying "early emotional development." Aired on 12/03/19.

 

[92tide]

sometimes you've just got to sit back and enjoy the show

 

[TexasBama]

Along this same line a Harvard Psychiatrist speaks frankly about Trump's intellect and emotional capacity!

Psychiatrist Lance Dodes joins Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s behavior abroad as the impeachment investigation advances at home. Dr. Dodes says President Trump is "running a really simple program" with "limited capacity" and exemplifying "early emotional development." Aired on 12/03/19.

Evidence that the Homo Stupidis is not extinct.

 

[92tide]

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops

https://twitter.com/abc/status/https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/1203338786777649152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

[92tide]

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This is the Nativity display outside the Claremont United Methodist Church in California. It's making some people very upset. And it should.

https://twitter.com/abc/status/https://twitter.com/Breznican/status/1203762299653128192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1203762299653128192&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.balloon-juice.com%2F2019%2F12%2F08%2Fbad-faith-open-thread-but-the-childrun%2F

 

[92tide]

nm.

 

[B1GTide]

I don't usually post on this board, but this image touched me. Thank you for posting.

“Whatever you do to the least of my brothers, so you do unto me”

 

[chanson78]

https://twitter.com/abc/status/https://twitter.com/IlvesToomas/status/1203338786777649152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

I think it is important because some are so worried about fairness and bias on this board to show how I checked this article.

There are multiple outlets that attempt to provide bias evaluations on news sites. Voice of America bias check at mediabiasfactcheck.com

From that site:

History

Founded in 1942, Voice of America (VOA) is a United States government-funded multimedia news source and the official external broadcasting institution of the United States. VOA provides programming for broadcast on radio, TV, and the Internet outside of the U.S., in English and some foreign languages. Some consider Voice of America to be a form of pro-USA propaganda. However, VOA journalists are governed by its Best Practices Guide which says that “The accuracy, quality and credibility of the Voice of America are its most important assets, and they rest on the audiences’ perception of VOA as an objective and reliable source of U.S., regional and world news and information.” Surveys show that 84% of VOA’s audiences say they trust VOA to provide accurate and reliable information, and a similar percentage (84%) say that VOA helps them understand current events relevant to their lives. VOA is produced in 40 languages.

Funded by / Ownership

VOA is owned by The U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which is an independent agency of the United States government. Voice of America is tax payer funded through the United States government.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Evidence that the Homo Stupidis is not extinct.

"homo non-sapiens, non-non sapiens"...

 

[92tide]

I think it is important because some are so worried about fairness and bias on this board to show how I checked this article.

There are multiple outlets that attempt to provide bias evaluations on news sites. Voice of America bias check at mediabiasfactcheck.com

From that site:

so you're saying that voa is a deep state propaganda outfit?

 

[NationalTitles18]

so you're saying that voa is a deep state propaganda outfit?

You stole my thoughts. Damn you, deep state!!!

 

[chanson78]

Trump narrative on Steele dossier falls apart

The news that Christopher Steele knew Ivanka Trump personally, and had discussed working together on foreign business projects, seriously undercuts the claims of the US president and his supporters that the former MI6 officer was motivated by malice when compiling his explosive Russiagate dossier.
There have been rumours of past links between Steele and the Trump camp for months. Now extraordinary details have emerged in a report looking at what prompted investigations into the Kremlin’s interference in the US presidential election.

The report had been ordered by Attorney General William Barr with the express aim of proving probes into such interference were driven by politically partisan bias.

 

[Go Bama]

It’s worth noting that Felix Sater, mentioned towards the end of the article as a childhood friend of Michael Cohen and a business partner os Trump in Bayrock, is the son of Mikhail Sheverofsky, a Semion Mogilevich crime syndicate boss.

It’s a tightly woven web. They’re all criminals.

ETA: I’m getting this information from HoT; HoP.

 

[TexasBama]

Doesn't everyone spend 20k in charity donations for a self-portrait?

The President Just Admitted in Court He Ran a Crooked Charity and We're All Just Gonna Shrug It Off?

Who among us has not spent $20,000 in other people's charity money on a six-foot portrait of ourselves?

www.esquire.com

 

[chanson78]

There you go being all partisan again by pointing out facts.

 

[TexasBama]

There you go being all partisan again by pointing out facts.