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    Trump / US politics thread 🚽

    in Politics and World Events

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    4 hours ago, ULIZOS said:

    Amen! I've said this over and over again. Americans vote for their candidate and then justify EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES. It's so fucking bizarre. 

    Mexico is no prime example, but one thing that was refreshing when I moved here is that EVERYONE I have ever met, literally everyone, is extremely skeptical of politicians and it's very rare for people to throw their support behind a candidate and treat them like rock stars, unless they're paid to do so on TV, which is basically what happens in the U.S. every single fucking time.

    Trump's choice for Secretary of State is embarrassing and somehow Love Spent justified his pick by saying "well, Democrats aren't innocent, either." :blink:

    It's utterly hilarious, the level of blind devotion. 

    And on the Hillary note, let me just say that if she was doing this stuff when she was elected, we'd be happy to hold that bitch accountable. So this isn't a partisan thing, though I'm sure someone will find a way to make it that. 

    Trump / US politics thread 🚽

    in Politics and World Events

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Love Spent said:

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    Do you actually have an opinion of your own, or is your entire existence about posting nonsensical memes and sensationalistic bull crap? He is your leader now, start holding him accountable.

    Oh wait, it's more fun to bash Obama and Clinton still even though they are no longer part of the conversation.

    Trump / US politics thread 🚽

    in Politics and World Events

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Love Spent said:

    Please read the following with an open mind. He is NOT questioning the intelligence of Clinton supporters. This is from Scott Adams, the creator of the cartoon Dilbert. He's a trained Hypnotist with a backround in psychology. 

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    '' We’re living in one of the most interesting times in human history. We just witnessed reality forking into two separate paths right in front of us.
    As regular readers of this blog know, my background in hypnosis and persuasion has erased my belief that some people can see reality for what it is and some cannot. My worldview is that the human brain did not evolve to understand reality on any deep level because we don’t need that ability to survive and reproduce. If your illusion keeps you alive, it’s good enough. And that brings me to today.

    The election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States has effectively forked reality into two versions that are running in parallel. Clinton’s supporters believe they are living in a world that is a repeat of 1930s Germany, with Trump playing the part of Adolf Hitler. See this reaction for a typical example.
    Meanwhile, the other half of the country believes we elected a highly-capable populist who will “drain the swamp” and bring a business approach to government along with greater prosperity.

    So how do you know which reality is the real one? The fast answer is that you can’t know. As I said, the human brain did not evolve to understand reality. But just for fun and education, I’ll tell you the best way dig down to the next layer of truth: Look for the Cognitive Dissonance trigger.

    In this case, Clinton supporters were persuaded to believe that Trump is OBVIOUSLY the next coming of Hitler. Or maybe worse because Trump is also rude and sexist. If that version of reality is true, Trump could not have been elected president. But he was. That’s the trigger for cognitive dissonance: two observations that don’t fit together.

    How can it simultaneously be true that Trump is OBVIOUSLY the next Hitler while it is also true that half the country didn’t notice? There are at least three ways to explain-away this dissonance. Maybe…

    1.  Half the country are sexist, racist monsters too, so they like Trump.
    or…
    2. Half the country is stupid and can’t identify a Hitler that is right in front of them.
    or…
    3.   Clinton supporters have been duped into believing something ridiculous about Trump.

    Given this set-up, most normal human minds would assume the problem was with other people. That’s how cognitive dissonance works. We like to think we are rational while others are not. So you would expect in this situation that Clinton supporters would enter a type of dream state in which they interpret their reality as being surrounded by racist-sexist-stupid citizens who just elected a genocidal dictator. They have to enter this dream because the only alternative involves believing that they themselves are gullible and deluded. 

    Trump supporters have no such trigger for cognitive dissonance in this particular case because their candidate won. Their worldview is consistent...

    For further evidence that the anti-Trumpers are living in an illusion, consider that the street protests against Trump fizzled out. That means the illusion of Trump-as-Hitler is already starting to fade. You also see it in the surging stock market and in the sharp uptick in citizen confidence in the economy. 
    The Hitler illusion will continue to fade. But for now the citizens of the United States live in two separate realities...''

    http://blog.dilbert.com/

    Long winded condescending bullshit.

    Trump / US politics thread 🚽

    in Politics and World Events

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Sloane said:

     

    Fair enough. So how does it feel waking up every morning KNOWING you voted for EVIL? God that must suck.

    At least with a Trump vote it was a roll of the dice. It took courage, yeah I said it. Trump voters stuck their neck out to try and save this country. We know we're gonna be drawn and quartered right along with him if he doesn't come through. But something HAD to be changed and we damn sure couldn't rely on Hillary Voters for that.

    :manson:

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