It seems like some people are working hard to understand what really motivates people. Way more at link, of course.
I wonder if mirror cells work on imagined and written situations as well as viewed situations.
And to prove that I am still able to learn, this time I will make sure I'm not standing between TW and this article! ;-)
When people publicly rage about perceived injustices that don't affect them personally, we tend to assume this expression is rooted in altruism--a "disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others." But new research suggests that professing such third-party concern--what social scientists refer to as "moral outrage"--is often a function of self-interest, wielded to assuage feelings of personal culpability for societal harms or reinforce (to the self and others) one's own status as a Very Good Person.
Outrage expressed "on behalf of the victim of [a perceived] moral violation" is often thought of as "a prosocial emotion" rooted in "a desire to restore justice by fighting on behalf of the victimized," explain Bowdoin psychology professor Zachary Rothschild and University of Southern Mississippi psychology professor Lucas A. Keefer in the latest edition of Motivation and Emotion. Yet this conventional construction--moral outrage as the purview of the especially righteous--is "called into question" by research on guilt, they say.
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my pop psychology geiger counter says people get morally outraged on causes when easy binaries are presented. It makes them feel better about the insoluble problems in their own life.
eg: young man's mother has a brain operation that leaves her dependent and partially paralysed, and brain injured for the rest of her life. She is just aware enough to have a partial conversation (and not qualify for state care) but severely disabled and very taxing.
The young man cannot solve this problem, it's now his burden for life. So he gets involved in the retarded left fighting the social injustice of the world, for comradeship, for easy answers, for the illusion that he can beat unfairness, for a place to fit in when his own life is badly broken and cannot be fixed.
#5
i think so, skid. I've seen it happen a lot. Look at your local regressives socialist alternative etc. How many of them are broken in some way? for many it's a crutch. Then there are the older manipulators.
[Wash Times] The president opened by celebrating Black History Month. Lady Democrats wore white.
Donald Trump delivered the most finely crafted speech of his political life Tuesday night in what will go down as one of the best speeches delivered to a joint session of Congress in the past two decades.
He hit stirring emotional high notes. And he laid out his vision for his presidency.
Mr. Trump stole the issue of affordable health care from Democrats. He unabashedly owned the fight against illegal immigration.
"Obamacare is collapsing -- and we must act decisively to protect all Americans," he said. "Action is not a choice -- it is a necessity."
In other words, Democrats led by President Obama swindled poor Americans into this disastrous program with their usual host of lies and false promises and now these good people are stranded. But Mr. Trump and Republicans are not going to leave these innocent Americans to dig themselves out of the mess Democrats put them in.
#8
Make it a tag team match. Only requirement is that you have to be big enough to burn diesel.
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morgan freeman once said words to the effect of: "my history isn't black history, it's American history. I don't want a black history month" and if you want to stop racism then stop being racist and stop talking about it all the time!
The Democratic Party members watching that speech looked like a party of the living dead. They didn't know how to react. They didn't know if they were Americans. They didn't know who they were.
When the speech was over -- after there was no longer a dry eye in the house from the introduction of the widow of the Navy SEAL -- they left the room faster than fans of the losing team after the Super Bowl, only in this case they left so stunned you had to wonder if they would ever win the game again or even compete.
The Democrats -- the silly ladies dressed in white and all the others -- bet the house that Trump would make a fool of himself and Donald cut the legs out from under them. And when you bet the house and lose, you go home bankrupt. And without a home to go to.
We are in a new era. I'm 95% excited but 5% blue about what is happening -- not because I have even an iota of regret about leaving liberalism, especially now. But because, as Trump himself said the other day, we need a two-party system and I strongly suspect, even with the unlimited pockets of George Soros, the Democratic Party, at least as we know it, is dying. All those crazy protests at town halls and the mass demonstrations of women racing around in vagina hats are the death throes of a movement with nothing to say.
#5
Never underestimate your enemy. Until you drive that stake through their heart they're still alive and capable of doing great harm. And if you're dead set on a two party system let McShame and Graham start up a new party with the Deep State wing of the Republican party.
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So true, Abu.
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Unfortunately, the Donk Party tends to be like Freddy Krueger.
#8
And if you're dead set on a two party system let McShame and Graham start up a new party with the Deep State wing of the Republican party
You're more likely to see a party composed of GOP(e) politicians like the Bush clan, the Common Sense Commercial Conservatives as epitomized by Glenn Beck and the folks at National Review, 'moderate' Republicans who are long-time refugees from the Democratic Party, and those few Democrats who still have their political sanity.
In short, potentially centrist, likely opportunistic, commercially political, and wholly Establishment.
#9
Independents are 40%+ of the voters, according to Gallup. I think that we better start getting beyond dinosaur ideology and start thinking for ourselves. Political parties have evolved to protect their turf and the trough.
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The question is whether that forty percent is truly Independent, or voters wandering through the political wilderness?
[Daily Caller] Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer praised President Trump following his Tuesday address before a special joint session of Congress.
"This was without a doubt the best speech he ever gave," Krauthammer stated. "In fact, this should have been his inaugural address, a version of it."
"It would have had actually an effect on the launch of his presidency and would have vastly reduced the hysteria that has emerged across the country from the left," he continued.
#3
of importance to the WOT Trump kept the phrase 'Radical Islamic Terrorism' in his speech. He also acknowledged Muslim allies in the conflict w ISIS (although he didn't acknowledge the other Islamic terrorist groups.)
here is extract from the NYTimes transcript
Our obligation is to serve, protect and defend the citizens of the United States. We are also taking strong measures to protect our nation from radical Islamic terrorism.
(APPLAUSE)
According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country. We have seen the attacks at home, from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and, yes, even the World Trade Center. We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.
It is not compassionate, but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.
(APPLAUSE)
Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values. We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America, and we cannot allow our nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.
(APPLAUSE) That is why my administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our nation safe, and to keep those out who will do us harm.
(APPLAUSE)
As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS, a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women and children of all faiths and all beliefs. We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.
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"this should have been his inaugural address, a version of it"
The former speechwriter for Fritz Mondale is wrong.
#7
It is not compassionate, but reckless to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.
I liked that line a lot. It really put the travel ban in the proper perspective. I'm sure the donks can come up with something to argue against it but it's liable to be something that will make them look stupid even to their own.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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The Best Speech' Trump Has Given
Though that's a very low bar. Love him or hate him, he is not a great speech giver.
[Science Daily] Our increasing reliance on the Internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our thought processes for problem solving, recall and learning. In a new article, researchers have found that 'cognitive offloading', or the tendency to rely on things like the Internet as an aide-mémoire, increases after each use.
We might think that memory is something that happens in the head but increasingly it is becoming something that happens with the help of agents outside the head. Benjamin Storm, Sean Stone & Aaron Benjamin conducted experiments to determine our likelihood to reach for a computer or smartphone to answer questions.
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In the pre-print society that was the function of 'old' people. They were the memory storage of the community and thus much valued. The term 'elders' had a bit more esteem attached to it than today.
Given the abysmal state of and education system which pushes Marxist mush at all levels, don't expect any change in 'memory' retention in a 'memory' hole world.
#3
Years ago I had to "re-learn" mental calculation. After years of using a hand held calculator there I was in a subzero warehouse doing inventory and pulling orders. Ever see how a LCD responds to -10 F? People are adaptable, D'Oh!
#5
Yup; assisted in one of those deals at the high school where the students get a budget and have to go pay for rent, food, clothes, car, etc.
Had items added and written receipt before student had their HHD calculator app opened.
Got a laugh from the circle when I declared that when my daughter asks for a phone, I am going to get her a rotary and a phone book. I am not sure if I was joking or not.
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I can sort of see his point. You can read about something in books all you want but until you go out and do it yourself you'll never really know.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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Magpie, I used basically the same argument years ago when teaching Electrical Theory to field electricians.
I'd buy a cheap calculator, carry it up a six foot ladder during the class, and drop it.
The question then asked was "Well, what do you do now?"
Those folks still carry pencils/pens and notepads to this day and thank me when I see them for the lesson learned.
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What the internet is doing is making what you know less valuable, but at the same time making what you know how to do more valuable. At least in a relative sense.
If I have an academic question, I use the internet to find the answer. If I have a water leak, I still call a plumber.
#11
What internet? Hey Siri how many atoms in the universe? About 10 to the 80. Hey Siri what time is the Trump speech? Nine pm eastern. Hey Siri how do you milk a goat?
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[Daily Caller] Fox News’ Charles Krauthammer praised President Trump following his Tuesday address before a special joint session of Congress.
[Science Daily] Our increasing reliance on the Internet and the ease of access to the vast resource available online is affecting our thought processes for problem solving, recall and learning. In a new article, researchers have found that 'cognitive offloading', or the tendency to rely on things like the Internet as an aide-mémoire, increases after each use.
