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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Follow-Up Discussion To Jonna Ivin's "I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump"

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Thanks Marsh.

I love the LBJ vignette!

Surely something very "ominous and cloudy" is happening in these "United" States.

For three years in a row -- in fact, coterminous with Trump's "administration" -- we have witnessed a singular outcome to a phenomenon sociologists call "deaths of despair." 

"Why Americans Are Dying from Despair," The New Yorker


It could be that I have an educator's bias, but I agree with Bertrand Russell when he says:

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Then Russell's "raw refusal to think" (and study... or at least read) gets complicated by the following deep current of American history.

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And then, the situation gets further complicated by "conservative" "Christianity" (which is neither). I cannot tell you the number times I've heard the "good Christian" argument, based on St. Paul's verse that "the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God," as if this verse - which describes Trump's worldly foolishness "to a T" -- is ALL they need to be as dumbf*ck stupid as they please. No wonder the etymological relationship between "Christian" and "cretin!" I'm all in favor of radicals becoming "fools for Christ." But when people who are well endowed with intelligence become "cretins for Christ," I have an issue. (That said, I must "put in a word" for cretins. ORIGIN OF CRETIN - 1770–80; < French; Franco-Provençal creitin, crestin human being, literally, Christian, hence one who is human despite deformities)

Lord, save us from your followers!

Here is a riff I posted earlier today.

My advice to anyone who holds the so-called "intellectual elites" in contempt:
1.) Learn something.
2.) Learn how to learn.

3.) Don’t be proud of your ignorance.
4.) If you’re a "Christian" "conservative," don’t think Jesus wants you to be stupid.
5.) And don’t be cruel. If you love people without first asking if they’re “deserving” will get you through the Pearly Gates much more surely than licking Malignant Messiah’s boots.

Pax on both houses: Thomas Merton: "Our Job Is To Love People ...

Thomas Merton: "Our Job Is To Love Others Without Stopping To Inquire If They Are Worthy"

"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42

Christians Ignore Jesus' "Commandments" But Are Punctilious About Things He Never Said

Hey Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? Take The Test!

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Eric Hoffer: "The Only Index By Which To Judge A Government Or A Way Of Life..."

Eric Hoffer: Weakling Resentment Springs From Their Sense Of Inadequacy/Impotence

Put it all together, and here we are...

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Video: "If You Don't Think Trump And Trumpistas Are Hypocritical, Dishonest And Stupid, You Will!"

"A Confession: I'm Starting To Write Off Stupid People As Incorrigible"

"The Demonstrable Stupidity Of Trump-Cultists"

It Has Come To This: How Do Intelligent Citizens Deal With The Irredeemably Stupid, Ignorant And Self-Pithed People Who Have Taken Over? The Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Is Now Reality

Trump Is "Just" A Spearhead And A Symptom: Basically, Stupid People Have Taken Over

We Know That Stupid People Exist. We Also Know Who They Are...

"Thinking Is A Learned Skill. Most Trumpistas Don't Understand This. In Fact, They Can't."
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/thinking-is-learned-skill-most.html

"Mark Twain, Adolf Hitler And The Dunning-Kruger Effect"

Barack Obama: "It’s Like These Guys Take Pride In Being Ignorant."

"Trump Is An Idiot's Idea Of A Genius": Find Out Why
Are We At That Point Where "The Sapiens" Are Again Separating From "The Neanderthals?"

"P.J. O'Rourke On Trump, Trumpistas And The Futility Of Drug Tests: Test For Stupidity, Ignorance, Greed And The Love Of Power"

Stunning Stupidity! (Not All Conservatives Are Stupid, But Most Stupid People Are Conservative)
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/stunning-stupidity-not-all.html
"The Exquisite Stupidity Of Trump Supporters"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-exquisite-stupidity-of-trump.html
A Critical Mass Of American "Conservatives" Are Stupid, Ignorant, Hateful And Cruel
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-critical-mass-of-american.html

The Merger Of Stupidity And Racism Merge In This GIF Is Jawdropping - And Typical

"It Is Painful How Stupid People Are"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/05/it-is-painful-how-stupid-people-are.htm
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My God, how I wish this meme was just funny instead of tragically true.

Thanks again for your contribution.

Pax

Alan     
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 4:52 PM Marsh Hardy wrote:

It's not just dim-witted foolishness, but darker in motivation, certainly more violent, and has existed for a long time.

"Trumpism is about something far more serious than Trump, something that has been brewing and building for generations. Let us take (Hunter S.) Thompson's cautions seriously, then, so that this time we (trusting liberals) are not naive about what we face. Otherwise, we're all liable (like Thompson) to get stomped."

"Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many... The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from the sense of their inadequacy and impotence. They hate not wickedness but weakness. When it is in their power to do so, the weak destroy (what they're told is) weakness wherever they see it." - Eric Hoffer - "It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil... attracts the weak."

Here's a well written, short piece by a guy in Sheffield, UK, linking Brexit and Trumpism by the village idiots who instinctively howl and the oligarchs egging them on. (He's a "Published Writer HuffPost, Forbes, BBC,...")

He suggests right-wing weaponized social media (a key means for getting people to vote against their own best interests) was tested during the Gamergate scandal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy#Coordination_of_harassment

Except for social media, nothing's new here..."If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." 1960, LBJ remark to Bill Moyers, "What a Real President Was Like," Washington Post, 13 November 1988.

  --  M. B. Hardy, statistician
work: Applied Research Associates, S. E. Div.
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From: Alan Archibald <alanarchibaldo@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 11:45 AM
To: Undisclosed
Subject: "I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump," Jonna Ivin

Trapped By His Conditioning | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
Can you escape yours?
Can I escape mine?

"I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump," Jonna Ivin



Queridos compañeros, 

Aquí está el artículo que mencioné ayer durante nuestra sesión de Zoom. 

Hasta el jueves!

Con cariño, 

Alan

The Bonus Round!

Watch Sarah Cooper's Revealing Lip-Sync Video Of Trump Answering A Sean Hannity Question About Malignant Messiah's Goals For A Second Term

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/06/watch-sarah-coopers-revealing-lip-synce.html

 Remember: Even if it existed, "The Deep State" would be preferable to "The Shallow State."

 ... which reminds me...

 Bonus Round 2!

QAnon Video: "The Plan To Save The World"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2020/06/qanon-video-great-awakening.html  
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