Have we already forgotten that Jena Griswold was a George Soros funded candidate? Anybody funded by George Soros is an enemy of the republic, constitution, bill of rights and humanity.
Yep. The ruling also specifically precludes Colorado voters from voting for Trump by write-in. Totalitarians aren’t going to give you any chance, by any means to vote for the candidate of your choice. And this open war against your right to vote is going to continue through November 2024.
I saw a video of Charlie Kirk recently saying Putin uses Woke ideology to scare Russians about America and the West. Both Putin and Xi also use this to turn the global south against us. It is quite insane so they are no doubt attracting a lot of support against us. Here’s an excerpt below from Putin’s speech which was quite good. It is interesting to compare how sane Putin is to the deranged fanatics who rule us. I’d far rather have Putin as president than Sleepy Joe who is both Woke and demented. Who could have ever imagined that our once great nation would end up like this? I’m 73 and remember the decades long Cold War with the Soviet Union quite well. Never could I have imagined having an infinitely higher opinion of a Russian president than of our own American president. Strange times we’re living in. No denying that.
The Russian leader reserved particular disdain for the sexualisation of children and the presence of radical gender theory in Western education. “There are some monstrous things when from a very young age, you teach to children that the boy can easily become a girl and you impose on them this selection.” He continued: “You push the parents aside and make the child take these decisions that can destroy their lives. And if we call the spade a spade, this is nigh to crime against humanity, and all of that under the banner of progress…”
“Vladimir Putin addresses the decline of western civilization in anti-woke speech.”
Putin highlighted similarities between woke progressives to the Soviet revolutionaries who took over Russia in a speech translated by the Kremlin. Oct 22, 2021
But it doesn’t rule out long-standing funding by Russia and China of our schools, including left wing nut cases, to divide American society. Where is the money really coming from?
Fascinating speech that really shows his mentality which is based on traditional values. It had been on YouTube on the Russian channel RT which as canceled after Russia went into Ukraine. I tried to find it on Google but couldn’t. Then I tried the new “bing with AI &
GPT -4” and found it. I always use bing now. It’s much better than Google.
I just spent a highly informative, enjoyable and interesting hour or two reading through the transcript of the speech you have linked to, with President Putin. His grasp of both big-picture thinking, statistical detail, laced with personable diplomacy put to shame the vast majority of Western politicians who we have to suffer. Remarkable openness to a wide range of evidently unscripted questions. For nearly three hours, non stop! (Hard to imagine Three honest, open minutes from a certain Western leader!).
And they are attracting much support not only with this but also now with the disastrous situation in Gaza. I saw video on Breaking Points about how approval of America in the Middle East is collapsing while approval of Russia and China is surging. Very much a global divide with very clear, very deep divides. All things are now global in our always online global civilization. That’s why things like this can easily spin out of control and trigger a truly global WW3.
Dummy. The crap is already here in the White House and has already permeated our society with Woke race and gender poison. As for Russia, I’m quite sure Moscow is far more civilized and far safer for white people than Chicago. And Russia does not dumb down its public schools for the sake of “Equity.” The crap is already here, dummy. Shame on you for being so stupid.
If you lived in Moscow, Putin would have sent your wrinkly ass to the front line in Ukraine. And the name calling is not appropriate for a 73 year old. Grow up gramps !
Regardless of your behind, I tend to be with you when it comes to Russian education (and cultural stuff.)
I lived it, hated it, but refuse to ignore it.
And, as it is being realised by more and more Europeans, the whole Ukraina mess will eventually (have to) be settled at conference tables.
Ask the Mongols, the Swedes, the French, the Poles or the Germans --- Russia does not allow itself to be defeated.
And in the rapidly approaching global conflict, the West would be better off having Russia as an ally, rather than a part of a China-Iran-All-Asia league.
One of the most insanely destructive things our ruling class has done is their proxy war on Russia in Ukraine. We could have easily been friends with Putin and Russia had we been sane and that would have made our world a vastly safer and more functional place. Too late now. No one does dance better than the Russians. They are amazing. Our fallen world is full of evil but we also do have many beautiful things which do bring us closer to goodness and truth so it’s not all bad.
“Gravitas: Did Putin inform Xi Jinping about Qin Gang’s shenanigans?” (5 min)
At the risk of saying the quiet part out loud, at what point do we abandon public denial about the self-evident occupation of America by enemy forces from within and begin addressing this treasonous transgression legally, constitutionally, and forcefully?
You’re assuming the democrats are winning and we’re being defeated. They cannot win though because they are too deranged and incompetent to actually govern. Look at Chicago or look at our out of control “migrant crisis” for evidence of that. They cannot win. They can only destroy which is what they’re doing. I believe they’ve have already succeeded in destroying America internally which is why it’s so rapidly unraveling externally. We already do have many on our side, including the best and brightest like Elon and Vivek, so it’s not like we’re a voiceless, defenseless minority easily exterminated. We just need to do the best we can to prepare for the coming storm and to bring as many people as possible to our side. The more we have on our side the better off we’ll be, regardless of where we end up. Plus there’s also the rapid advance of AI which is a wild card which can change everything for all of humanity.
It is self-evident that their objective is to destroy and then build back better under some lunatic Reset. All the useful idiots believing in some type of utopia will be the first to perish. Apart from that, like you, I remain optimistic that the good, the righteous, and the intellectually honest among us will prevail in the end, no matter the cost.
The establishment is losing its mind, they have thrown everything at "Orange Man Still Walking" and he appears stronger than ever. Scotus will strike this down but the damage to the Republic is major. Just think if the U.S. Supreme Court had a majority of Dems on the bench, well that would be the end of Trump. Sadly and alarmingly if all the nefarious efforts fail from these miscreants and Trump takes the nomination and then moves back into the Oval Office they may even try to take him out like they did with JFK, MLK and RFK. I fear for America.
Vivek is the best. I prefer him to Trump although I’d certainly vote for Trump if he’s nominated. I saw something about a poll of young republicans at Turning Point USA which showed most would like to see Trump as president and either Tucker or Vivek as vp. Next year is certainly going to be wild though. Just imagine what the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is going to look like next August with the black wilding, crime, carjacking and migrant mess even far worse than now. And this disaster will be recorded and posted online every day for all the world to see what the democrats have done to America.
I saw that too and I agree. I also saw Tucker saying the one thing that would keep him from voting for Trump is Haley as VP and I agree with that too. I don't think that will happen. Otherwise, I am locked in on Trump in protest against the banana republic stuff. If some how the bad guys take him out, I am staying home or maybe supporting RFK2. Disagree about a lot a stuff but he is anti-establishment.
But he is in favor of affirmative action which always includes the DEI, CRT, hate whitey poison which has already ripped the social fabric of this society to shreds. It’s hard to see how we can survive such irreconcilable differences. Only something as powerful as AI could help us do that. We cannot do it on our own. Everything we’ve tried has already been tried many times and always failed. That’s why the left wants to just dumb down all standards.
So, this morning I was reading a gun blog where the post was about mass gun purchases by Jews. But the image was a bunch of East Asians at a range. Someone asked about this and the writer said the AI image generator wouldn't let him do a group with identifiable appearance. Since Asians, not to mention us round eyes, are easy to identify, someone had obviously programmed something special about Jews and then lied about it.
But there are different AIs. They’re not all the same and Elon’s is meant to be the gold standard of reliability and truth and if anyone can do it, it’s Elon and his fabulous team of scientists and engineers.
Vivek would make a great VP or advisor or whatever. He speaks the truth fearlessly. Now if he’d mention the Vax if he hasn’t already, I’d be truly impressed.
He has talked about it. He said he got the vax and I think a booster because he trusted the science but when he learned “the science” lied he regretted getting it. He said the truth should be told about the vaccines and people should be free to take it or not. No mandates. But if everybody knew the truth nobody would get the jab and then what? Then we’d all be much better off.
What happens when white people view themselves as a persecuted class? In my case I see that America has already ceased to exist as a country and I intensely hate the Woke monstrosity it has become. I feel a sense of commonality with Putin since he has traditional values and also with the brown Vivek who also does. I basically then see my tribe as the nonWoke tribe in a reality war with the Woke tribe which is evil. This is also a global war. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
“This new belief system is catastrophic for social cohesion.”
“It ends in violence.”
The solution to this cultural disaster is not placing the Jewish people back into a protected class. The solution is to demolish the pernicious ideas of critical theory completely. DEI needs to be obliterated from every institution. It’s an evil.
What should replace this nonsense? Merit. Objective standards level the playing field and remove this garbage.
“When White People Start Believing Critical Race Theory.”
What happens when the loathed white majority views itself as a persecuted class?
Real Clear Politics. The American Spectator. Dec 19, 2023
I think we need to ask why are leftists doing this? all these indictments, court cases, these 91 indictments putting him in jail for 700 years— why? They claim they only care about the rule of law, but that’s obviously false when we look at selective enforcement. I think we have to look deeper than just that they’re crazy or depraved (and I think they are in some cases) but a lot of people that I know, my neighbors, are liberals and they sincerely believe they are good people. I mean they are not plotting to bring down the government . But they sincerely hate Trump with passion and they can’t see anything good in him, and you can’t talk to them. If you try to talk to them, they talk over you and they won’t listen. They say things like “you’re sounding like a Trump voter,” and “please don’t vote for him.” There is a level of hysteria and it’s very hard to reason with people who are in a state of hysteria, so I think they really need some kind of mass psychotherapy —they need counseling; they need help. Their minds are totally closed. This is not healthy. Is it possible they can calm down and become rational? Or how can we help bring them back to sanity—that would certainly help the situation if we could have a rational dialogue. But look at the new anchors and how crazy they are when interviewing someone from the other side—they constantly interrupt and talk over They will ask a question and dispute the answer. They’re clearly pushing a narrative while claiming to be truthful or truth finders. Does anybody have any ideas?
“But look at the new anchors and how crazy they are when interviewing someone from the other side”
A long but excellent article below about why highly intelligent people are so easily able to convince themselves of obviously stupid and profoundly destructive things such as open borders, dumbed down schools, demonizing “Whiteness!” in general and white cops in particular, and of replacing meritocracy with “Equity” to make sure we’re all equal. They basically talk themselves into believing their own bs. They’re not just lying. They believe what they say even when what they say is obviously false. Hard to see how we can survive the damage they’ve done and are quite determined to continue doing.
“What this means is that, while unintelligent people are more easily misled by other people, intelligent people are more easily misled by themselves. They’re better at convincing themselves of things they want to believe rather than things that are actually true. This is why intelligent people tend to have stronger ideological biases; being better at reasoning makes them better at rationalizing.”
“Despite being irrational, wokeism is nevertheless an intelligent worldview. It’s intelligent but not rational because its goal is not objective truth but social signaling, and in pursuing this goal it’s a powerful strategy. People who engage in woke rituals, such as proclaiming their pronouns during introductions, or capitalizing the word “black” but not the word “white,” signal to others that they’re clued-up, cosmopolitan, and compassionate toward society’s designated downtrodden. This makes them seem trustworthy and likable, and explains why wokeism is most prevalent in industries where status games and image are most important: politics, media, academia, entertainment, and advertising.”
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
Colorado had voter fraud which has been proven, and I think if they hadn't changed the ballots that Trump would have won that area (Grand Junction), this was on the news quite a bit. Everyone knows, we (I live in Colorado) will come out to vote and write in his name, I predict a landslide in Colorado!
Have we already forgotten that Jena Griswold was a George Soros funded candidate? Anybody funded by George Soros is an enemy of the republic, constitution, bill of rights and humanity.
Hypothetical question: Why is dictator Obiden still on the ballot?
If we’re going to talk ballot banning, then why don’t we look at what Obiden is doing to destroy the country with the illegal invasion.
Shouldn’t opening the floodgates for an illegal invasion in order to subvert the electoral process be considered an ACTUAL insurrection?
Question: Did you vote to open the border to an illegal invasion? Did anyone vote to have the country destroyed Cloward and Piven style at any point?
What do you call it when a socialist national government ignores the consent of the governed?
The Texas AG is talking about banning Biden from the ballot for what he’s done by opening the southern border.
A Banana 🍌 Republic!
Welcome to the biggest write-in in American history. This will backfire.
Yep. The ruling also specifically precludes Colorado voters from voting for Trump by write-in. Totalitarians aren’t going to give you any chance, by any means to vote for the candidate of your choice. And this open war against your right to vote is going to continue through November 2024.
The U.S. Supreme Court will get the final say.
They don't count write in votes.
I saw a video of Charlie Kirk recently saying Putin uses Woke ideology to scare Russians about America and the West. Both Putin and Xi also use this to turn the global south against us. It is quite insane so they are no doubt attracting a lot of support against us. Here’s an excerpt below from Putin’s speech which was quite good. It is interesting to compare how sane Putin is to the deranged fanatics who rule us. I’d far rather have Putin as president than Sleepy Joe who is both Woke and demented. Who could have ever imagined that our once great nation would end up like this? I’m 73 and remember the decades long Cold War with the Soviet Union quite well. Never could I have imagined having an infinitely higher opinion of a Russian president than of our own American president. Strange times we’re living in. No denying that.
The Russian leader reserved particular disdain for the sexualisation of children and the presence of radical gender theory in Western education. “There are some monstrous things when from a very young age, you teach to children that the boy can easily become a girl and you impose on them this selection.” He continued: “You push the parents aside and make the child take these decisions that can destroy their lives. And if we call the spade a spade, this is nigh to crime against humanity, and all of that under the banner of progress…”
“Vladimir Putin addresses the decline of western civilization in anti-woke speech.”
Putin highlighted similarities between woke progressives to the Soviet revolutionaries who took over Russia in a speech translated by the Kremlin. Oct 22, 2021
https://www.rebelnews.com/vladimir_putin_addresses_the_decline_of_western_civilization_in_anti_woke_speech
Thanks for posting that speech. Putin has his own agenda obviously, but that doesn't mean he's wrong.
But it doesn’t rule out long-standing funding by Russia and China of our schools, including left wing nut cases, to divide American society. Where is the money really coming from?
It’s China in our universities and social media like TikToc, not Russia.
Fascinating speech that really shows his mentality which is based on traditional values. It had been on YouTube on the Russian channel RT which as canceled after Russia went into Ukraine. I tried to find it on Google but couldn’t. Then I tried the new “bing with AI &
GPT -4” and found it. I always use bing now. It’s much better than Google.
I just spent a highly informative, enjoyable and interesting hour or two reading through the transcript of the speech you have linked to, with President Putin. His grasp of both big-picture thinking, statistical detail, laced with personable diplomacy put to shame the vast majority of Western politicians who we have to suffer. Remarkable openness to a wide range of evidently unscripted questions. For nearly three hours, non stop! (Hard to imagine Three honest, open minutes from a certain Western leader!).
Xi does the same thing just not as publicly as Putin.
And they are attracting much support not only with this but also now with the disastrous situation in Gaza. I saw video on Breaking Points about how approval of America in the Middle East is collapsing while approval of Russia and China is surging. Very much a global divide with very clear, very deep divides. All things are now global in our always online global civilization. That’s why things like this can easily spin out of control and trigger a truly global WW3.
Move to Russia if you would rather have him as president. Don't bring that crap here.
Dummy. The crap is already here in the White House and has already permeated our society with Woke race and gender poison. As for Russia, I’m quite sure Moscow is far more civilized and far safer for white people than Chicago. And Russia does not dumb down its public schools for the sake of “Equity.” The crap is already here, dummy. Shame on you for being so stupid.
“Igor Moiseyev Ballet.” (5 min)
Russian ballet practice. Nov. 2018
https://youtu.be/sWK-zbbvKG4?si=i3df4VzcQWGWVdbQ
“Chicago Public Schools Board of Ed passes plan that could impact selective enrollment.” (2 min)
NBC Chicago. Dec 14, 2023
https://youtu.be/sXx1B1RNvi4?si=2FQo1hhWGDU1ZKhL
If you lived in Moscow, Putin would have sent your wrinkly ass to the front line in Ukraine. And the name calling is not appropriate for a 73 year old. Grow up gramps !
I don’t have a wrinkly ass you degenerate pervert and I’m most likely in much better physical shape than you and I’m already as grown as I’ll ever be.
Regardless of your behind, I tend to be with you when it comes to Russian education (and cultural stuff.)
I lived it, hated it, but refuse to ignore it.
And, as it is being realised by more and more Europeans, the whole Ukraina mess will eventually (have to) be settled at conference tables.
Ask the Mongols, the Swedes, the French, the Poles or the Germans --- Russia does not allow itself to be defeated.
And in the rapidly approaching global conflict, the West would be better off having Russia as an ally, rather than a part of a China-Iran-All-Asia league.
One of the most insanely destructive things our ruling class has done is their proxy war on Russia in Ukraine. We could have easily been friends with Putin and Russia had we been sane and that would have made our world a vastly safer and more functional place. Too late now. No one does dance better than the Russians. They are amazing. Our fallen world is full of evil but we also do have many beautiful things which do bring us closer to goodness and truth so it’s not all bad.
“Gravitas: Did Putin inform Xi Jinping about Qin Gang’s shenanigans?” (5 min)
WION. Dec 14, 2023
https://youtu.be/GW1yRmcdQKo?si=-_p7FmYWe3oGKhIz
Alexander Borodin Prince Igor Polovtsian Dances Bolshoi Theatre. (12 min)
Keith Cheung. Nov 15, 2020
https://youtu.be/_D06rsbKGBc?si=6bQT6fBDOlioSxZf
Colorado is now Venezuela.
If SCOTUS lets this stand, it's increasingly likely that the anti-democracy Uniparty elitists will learn what a REAL insurrection looks like.
Trump could win as a write-in candidate.
And Biden is certainly not going to gain votes from this bone-head "ruling."
At the risk of saying the quiet part out loud, at what point do we abandon public denial about the self-evident occupation of America by enemy forces from within and begin addressing this treasonous transgression legally, constitutionally, and forcefully?
You’re assuming the democrats are winning and we’re being defeated. They cannot win though because they are too deranged and incompetent to actually govern. Look at Chicago or look at our out of control “migrant crisis” for evidence of that. They cannot win. They can only destroy which is what they’re doing. I believe they’ve have already succeeded in destroying America internally which is why it’s so rapidly unraveling externally. We already do have many on our side, including the best and brightest like Elon and Vivek, so it’s not like we’re a voiceless, defenseless minority easily exterminated. We just need to do the best we can to prepare for the coming storm and to bring as many people as possible to our side. The more we have on our side the better off we’ll be, regardless of where we end up. Plus there’s also the rapid advance of AI which is a wild card which can change everything for all of humanity.
It is self-evident that their objective is to destroy and then build back better under some lunatic Reset. All the useful idiots believing in some type of utopia will be the first to perish. Apart from that, like you, I remain optimistic that the good, the righteous, and the intellectually honest among us will prevail in the end, no matter the cost.
The establishment is losing its mind, they have thrown everything at "Orange Man Still Walking" and he appears stronger than ever. Scotus will strike this down but the damage to the Republic is major. Just think if the U.S. Supreme Court had a majority of Dems on the bench, well that would be the end of Trump. Sadly and alarmingly if all the nefarious efforts fail from these miscreants and Trump takes the nomination and then moves back into the Oval Office they may even try to take him out like they did with JFK, MLK and RFK. I fear for America.
RFK2 was right behind Vivek in condemning this. The other Republican candidates seem silent even though Vivek directly challenged them.
Vivek is the best. I prefer him to Trump although I’d certainly vote for Trump if he’s nominated. I saw something about a poll of young republicans at Turning Point USA which showed most would like to see Trump as president and either Tucker or Vivek as vp. Next year is certainly going to be wild though. Just imagine what the Democratic National Convention in Chicago is going to look like next August with the black wilding, crime, carjacking and migrant mess even far worse than now. And this disaster will be recorded and posted online every day for all the world to see what the democrats have done to America.
I saw that too and I agree. I also saw Tucker saying the one thing that would keep him from voting for Trump is Haley as VP and I agree with that too. I don't think that will happen. Otherwise, I am locked in on Trump in protest against the banana republic stuff. If some how the bad guys take him out, I am staying home or maybe supporting RFK2. Disagree about a lot a stuff but he is anti-establishment.
But he is in favor of affirmative action which always includes the DEI, CRT, hate whitey poison which has already ripped the social fabric of this society to shreds. It’s hard to see how we can survive such irreconcilable differences. Only something as powerful as AI could help us do that. We cannot do it on our own. Everything we’ve tried has already been tried many times and always failed. That’s why the left wants to just dumb down all standards.
So, this morning I was reading a gun blog where the post was about mass gun purchases by Jews. But the image was a bunch of East Asians at a range. Someone asked about this and the writer said the AI image generator wouldn't let him do a group with identifiable appearance. Since Asians, not to mention us round eyes, are easy to identify, someone had obviously programmed something special about Jews and then lied about it.
But there are different AIs. They’re not all the same and Elon’s is meant to be the gold standard of reliability and truth and if anyone can do it, it’s Elon and his fabulous team of scientists and engineers.
Vivek would make a great VP or advisor or whatever. He speaks the truth fearlessly. Now if he’d mention the Vax if he hasn’t already, I’d be truly impressed.
I want RFK2 as Special Prosecutor re the COVID response.
He has talked about it. He said he got the vax and I think a booster because he trusted the science but when he learned “the science” lied he regretted getting it. He said the truth should be told about the vaccines and people should be free to take it or not. No mandates. But if everybody knew the truth nobody would get the jab and then what? Then we’d all be much better off.
Thanks for letting me know. I don't listen to a lot of what he says, mostly just quotes so he's just gone up another notch in my estimation. Good man.
Update. Ron! has now explicitly refused to do so.
Tucker is correct. This is lunacy. Period.
Imagine the president of El Salvador lecturing you about democratic process.
We are doomed!
Amr
Australia
What happens when white people view themselves as a persecuted class? In my case I see that America has already ceased to exist as a country and I intensely hate the Woke monstrosity it has become. I feel a sense of commonality with Putin since he has traditional values and also with the brown Vivek who also does. I basically then see my tribe as the nonWoke tribe in a reality war with the Woke tribe which is evil. This is also a global war. All things are now global in our always online global civilization.
“This new belief system is catastrophic for social cohesion.”
“It ends in violence.”
The solution to this cultural disaster is not placing the Jewish people back into a protected class. The solution is to demolish the pernicious ideas of critical theory completely. DEI needs to be obliterated from every institution. It’s an evil.
What should replace this nonsense? Merit. Objective standards level the playing field and remove this garbage.
“When White People Start Believing Critical Race Theory.”
What happens when the loathed white majority views itself as a persecuted class?
Real Clear Politics. The American Spectator. Dec 19, 2023
https://spectator.org/when-white-people-start-believing-critical-race-theory/
I think we need to ask why are leftists doing this? all these indictments, court cases, these 91 indictments putting him in jail for 700 years— why? They claim they only care about the rule of law, but that’s obviously false when we look at selective enforcement. I think we have to look deeper than just that they’re crazy or depraved (and I think they are in some cases) but a lot of people that I know, my neighbors, are liberals and they sincerely believe they are good people. I mean they are not plotting to bring down the government . But they sincerely hate Trump with passion and they can’t see anything good in him, and you can’t talk to them. If you try to talk to them, they talk over you and they won’t listen. They say things like “you’re sounding like a Trump voter,” and “please don’t vote for him.” There is a level of hysteria and it’s very hard to reason with people who are in a state of hysteria, so I think they really need some kind of mass psychotherapy —they need counseling; they need help. Their minds are totally closed. This is not healthy. Is it possible they can calm down and become rational? Or how can we help bring them back to sanity—that would certainly help the situation if we could have a rational dialogue. But look at the new anchors and how crazy they are when interviewing someone from the other side—they constantly interrupt and talk over They will ask a question and dispute the answer. They’re clearly pushing a narrative while claiming to be truthful or truth finders. Does anybody have any ideas?
“But look at the new anchors and how crazy they are when interviewing someone from the other side”
A long but excellent article below about why highly intelligent people are so easily able to convince themselves of obviously stupid and profoundly destructive things such as open borders, dumbed down schools, demonizing “Whiteness!” in general and white cops in particular, and of replacing meritocracy with “Equity” to make sure we’re all equal. They basically talk themselves into believing their own bs. They’re not just lying. They believe what they say even when what they say is obviously false. Hard to see how we can survive the damage they’ve done and are quite determined to continue doing.
“What this means is that, while unintelligent people are more easily misled by other people, intelligent people are more easily misled by themselves. They’re better at convincing themselves of things they want to believe rather than things that are actually true. This is why intelligent people tend to have stronger ideological biases; being better at reasoning makes them better at rationalizing.”
“Despite being irrational, wokeism is nevertheless an intelligent worldview. It’s intelligent but not rational because its goal is not objective truth but social signaling, and in pursuing this goal it’s a powerful strategy. People who engage in woke rituals, such as proclaiming their pronouns during introductions, or capitalizing the word “black” but not the word “white,” signal to others that they’re clued-up, cosmopolitan, and compassionate toward society’s designated downtrodden. This makes them seem trustworthy and likable, and explains why wokeism is most prevalent in industries where status games and image are most important: politics, media, academia, entertainment, and advertising.”
“Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things.”
Intelligence is not rationality.
Substack. The Prism. Feb 13, 2023
https://open.substack.com/pub/gurwinder/p/why-smart-people-hold-stupid-beliefs?r=cldfa&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
“Does anybody have any ideas?“
Some excerpts below from a Quillette review of a book about the irrational side of human nature. The last one says: “One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.” That sure is the truth.
“Mackay makes the case, often in gory detail, that episodes of collective mania seem to be an inevitable consequence of human nature. Humans in every time and place have cast aside their better judgment and allowed themselves to be caught up in all manner of irrational hoopla.“
“His chapters on the Swabian Peasants’ War and Anabaptist uprisings are terrifying depictions of the end-times frenzy that wreaked havoc on northern Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries. The distance between these events in the German-speaking world and, say, the Reign of Terror in France or the Chinese Cultural Revolution is not that great. And the speed with which apparently reasonable people moved from the embrace of a new theological idea to a willingness to torture those whose own theological ideas diverged even slightly is startling.“
“There is plenty to recommend about The Delusions of Crowds. It is laden with great anecdotes and the writing is always engaging. One comes away with the sense that civilization operates on narrow margins and is always on the verge of collapsing into irrationality.”
“The Delusions of Crowds-A Review.”
Quillette. Feb 8, 2021
https://quillette.com/2021/02/08/the-delusions-of-crowds-a-review/
Maybe Senator Vance has a good answer? He really gets the point of bias across when asked about the “poison into the blood of America comment”: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/12/20/vance_blasts_ap_reporters_nazi-trump_comparison_youre_policing_the_guy_criticizing_the_problem_so_america_doesnt_notice_the_guy_who_caused_it.html
Good analysis of the ruling by Jonathan Turley
https://themessenger.com/opinion/colorado-supreme-court-bars-trump-from-ballot-14th-amendment-january-6-disqualification
This woman acts like 5 liberal judges in an echo chamber all agreeing Trump is bad is a wholly legitimate procedure. Not too bright.
Colorado had voter fraud which has been proven, and I think if they hadn't changed the ballots that Trump would have won that area (Grand Junction), this was on the news quite a bit. Everyone knows, we (I live in Colorado) will come out to vote and write in his name, I predict a landslide in Colorado!