tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post9150475686861972561..comments2024-03-28T12:43:07.327-04:00Comments on Dave Dubya's Freedom Rants: Understanding Authoritarian PersonalitiesDave Dubyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-13153939465305928492019-03-25T10:40:33.796-04:002019-03-25T10:40:33.796-04:00"Putin's Puppet joins O.J. Simpson in bei..."<i>Putin's Puppet joins O.J. Simpson in being 'totally exonerated', amirite?</i>" ~~ <b>Dave Dubya</b><br /><br />But at least Simpson has vowed to continue searching for the killers -- until his dying day! <b>;-)</b> <br /><br />Of course Vern, the racist, would be in agreement with us on the incorrect outcome of the verdict in Simpson's case - whether he was tried in a court of law or not. <br /><br />Vern probably felt Simpson was guilty <i>all along</i> -- exclusively because of his race. On the other hand, maybe Vern gave him a pass due to his athletic stardom. <b>;-)</b> <br /><br />You know...look the other way -- like with the mobster-in-chief?<br /><br />Can you spell S.D.N.Y.? <i>Simpson</i> knows how. He took <i>thousands</i> of handoffs. <b>LOL</b><br /><br />But first need to bury the motherfucker in 2020...Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-49274418663462111782019-03-25T10:00:27.047-04:002019-03-25T10:00:27.047-04:00"...they believe many things strongly, but do..."...they believe many things strongly, but don’t know why."<br /><br />Why is never a consideration for authoritarians. "Just because" is as far as it goes.<br /><br />Now the authoritarians are cackling with delight that the Big MAGAt has been "totally exonerated".<br /><br />Never mind this detail: "While this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, <b>it also does not exonerate him</b>."<br /><br />So, what? Putin's Puppet joins O.J. Simpson in being "totally exonerated", amirite?Dave Dubyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279370558997246976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-58977506473626022972019-03-25T07:10:35.836-04:002019-03-25T07:10:35.836-04:00"Dogmatism comes rather naturally to people w..."<i><b>Dogmatism comes rather naturally to people who have copied other people’s beliefs rather than figure things out for themselves.</b> When you don’t know why your beliefs are true, you can’t defend them very well when other people or events confront them. Once you’ve run out of whatever counter-arguments your authorities have loaded into you, you’re done. But being flabbergasted doesn’t mean you change your beliefs. You can keep on believing as much as before if you want. You can even pat yourself on the back for believing when it seems clear you are wrong. Some people do this, and you know who taught them to.<br /><br /><b>That is dogmatism, and experiments show that authoritarian followers have two or three times the normal amount of it because they believe many things strongly, but don’t know why. When the evidence and arguments against their beliefs becomes irrefutable, they simply shut down.</b> If patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, as Samuel Johnson said, dogmatism is the last resort of overwhelmed followers. Thus they agree with the statement, 'There are no discoveries of facts that could possibly make me change my mind about the things that matter most in life.' That says it all.</i>" ~~ <b><i>Dogmatism</i> excerpt from Bob Altemeyer's "The Authoritarians" (bold font my own)</b><br /><br />Sound like anybody you know? <b>;-)</b><br /><br />This describes Mr. Paine to a "T". Can't answer the hard ones? Shut it down. Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134372208798387606.post-62897407047852613782019-03-23T07:20:14.026-04:002019-03-23T07:20:14.026-04:00"I don’t think you can change the minds of ma..."<i>I don’t think you can change the minds of many Trump supporters. Winning fact-driven discussions about the man and the issues will likely make them more defensive. Their connection with their leader is not rational but emotional. It’s based on fear that he fans and anger that he channels.</i>” ~~ <b>Excerpt from Bob Altemeyer's "The Authoritarians" (as provided by Dave Dubya)</b><br /><br />Isn't this, precisely, the exact definition of a cult?<br /><br />We've had similar conversations about your resident troll, Vern, and to a lessor degree his conservative friend, T. Paine (or "Unknown" or "Rex" or whatever pseudonym he goes by these days).<br /><br />As I've mentioned on this blog previously, when I was young I used to question why, in the world, would the 1930's German people allow themselves to be hoodwinked and influenced to such a drastic and perverted degree as they were?<br /><br />I now know what happened. I also know we're, as a nation, going down the same treacherous and suicidal slippery slope if we don't, collectively and quickly, wake up from this Trumpist nightmare.Jefferson's Guardianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16950868026721859555noreply@blogger.com