"Word Salad" (n) = A vain or vainglorious attempt, using words almost no one knows (ex: (nescience") to explain what is thunderously obvious to practically anyone who has successfully navigated his or her way through high school English, Social Studies, and History.
Anyone want to explain The False Prophet and his movement to anyone else?…
"Word Salad" (n) = A vain or vainglorious attempt, using words almost no one knows (ex: (nescience") to explain what is thunderously obvious to practically anyone who has successfully navigated his or her way through high school English, Social Studies, and History.
Anyone want to explain The False Prophet and his movement to anyone else? Point them to Orwell's "Animal Farm".
Wehner's article concerning "Motivated Ignorance" hits the wrong target, I believe. Motivated ignorance does not exclusively involve MAGA supporters. Rather, every 1d10T for whom acceptance of falsehood becomes an article of faith adheres to motivated ignorance.
I think one force behind MAGA apologetics is a kind of intellectual oppositional defiance that finds satisfaction in taking a position opposite to what respectable society regards as clearly true. If the Establishment views Trump as an ignorant and buffoonish sociopath, then those with superior insight (in their own estimation) will dedicate themselves to identifying the wisdom and virtue that others fail to recognize, and then defend this position ardently in the face of accumulating evidence against it.
It's the elite version of the theme "They're all lying to you" that the MAGA rank-and-file imbibe from their media of choice.
"Word Salad" (n) = A vain or vainglorious attempt, using words almost no one knows (ex: (nescience") to explain what is thunderously obvious to practically anyone who has successfully navigated his or her way through high school English, Social Studies, and History.
Anyone want to explain The False Prophet and his movement to anyone else? Point them to Orwell's "Animal Farm".
Wehner's article concerning "Motivated Ignorance" hits the wrong target, I believe. Motivated ignorance does not exclusively involve MAGA supporters. Rather, every 1d10T for whom acceptance of falsehood becomes an article of faith adheres to motivated ignorance.
Good night, and good luck, shipmates.
I think one force behind MAGA apologetics is a kind of intellectual oppositional defiance that finds satisfaction in taking a position opposite to what respectable society regards as clearly true. If the Establishment views Trump as an ignorant and buffoonish sociopath, then those with superior insight (in their own estimation) will dedicate themselves to identifying the wisdom and virtue that others fail to recognize, and then defend this position ardently in the face of accumulating evidence against it.
It's the elite version of the theme "They're all lying to you" that the MAGA rank-and-file imbibe from their media of choice.