tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post3852601961787962810..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: The New Republic's Special Stupid IssueSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68929304505589906372013-07-02T09:40:18.605-04:002013-07-02T09:40:18.605-04:00Yabbut, the fundamental fear that drives them is o...Yabbut, the fundamental fear that drives them is of becoming a white minority in a multicolored sea of OTHER, and all the cultural, economic and power losses that can/will flow from that. They're right, they ARE going to be diminished, and how do you deal with the emotions resulting from that?Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-6809331887828194302013-07-01T23:46:13.014-04:002013-07-01T23:46:13.014-04:00JT and others
You are correct you can't reaso...JT and others<br />You are correct you can't reason with the unreasonable …. fear is unreasonable, so deal with their fears. <br />Rather than the way t many 'rationally superior?' Dems (sic) do ....poke the unhappy beast with a stick (ridicule) and then note they are unreasonable, (defensively sees everything different as a threat!).<br />Self fulfilling prophecy much? Fear is both physical and instinctual … see studies of adrenalin and fear hormones when listening to 'attacks' on their emotional 'comfort zones' (understood familiarities). <br /><br />Even Chomsky points to genuine foundation to many of their concerns. Albeit their articulation is somewhat garbled with (irrational) emotion. <br /><br />Think what pissed the beast in the first place... it was feeling marginalised/threatened before the prodding with the stick. <br />A person suffer with arachnophobia or Coulrophobia all the reasoning in the world won't change their fears much less all the ridicule. One has to deal with he emotion.<br /><br />It's not rocket science psychology 101. <br /><br />The powers of self interested extremists simply give the frightened somewhere to run and are exploiting their fearsExaminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990595916031900662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-58427049828797486202013-07-01T12:56:46.588-04:002013-07-01T12:56:46.588-04:00You can't reason with unreasonable people.You can't reason with unreasonable people.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986833434755638518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-82292179051519743082013-07-01T11:35:24.046-04:002013-07-01T11:35:24.046-04:00GOP POV:
Governor Christie proved to Republican po...GOP POV:<br />Governor Christie proved to Republican politicians across this great, exceptional nation, that embracing President Obama is like hugging a tar bab... no... wait... scratch that... uhm... AH! We have it - an infant covered in poo: <br />you can walk away, but the stench lingers<br /><br />WHEW! <br />That was a close one.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15064812717400473112013-07-01T10:28:56.466-04:002013-07-01T10:28:56.466-04:00Any policy prescription which starts from a premis...Any policy prescription which starts from a premise of rational Republican response is void ab initio.Never Ben Betterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814767173601107270noreply@blogger.com