@democracynow @emptywheel Two of the most difficult sentences for human beings to speak are: 1) I'm sorry, and 2) I was wrong. Usually, expressing the former, is an admission of the latter. 1/
@democracynow @emptywheel Unfortunately, people will often avoid the discomfort associated with these statements out of fear of having to confront their insecurities, fears, and challenges to their self concept and perceptions of the world. 2/
@democracynow @emptywheel As a result, we often see people dig in and double down on the original action, rather than admit mistake, or admit that they acted on beliefs acquired through manipulation or ignorance. Essentially, their ego goes into hyper-preservation mode. 3/
@democracynow @emptywheel We have seen this play out incessantly over the last few years as a minority of the country has, along with the GOP's cowardly complicity, allowed Trump to damage the country to such an extent that our democracy is threatened. 4/
@democracynow @emptywheel Trump has harmed the American "family" in ways that we are only beginning to understand. He's been a failure at governing, but he has been highly successful at implementing "trickle down pathology": 5/
@democracynow @emptywheel Trump's multiple Cluster B Personality Disorders (Narcissist/sociopath) drag the general public down the gaslighting drain in order to preserve his own self-interest and pathologically fragile ego... 6/
@democracynow @emptywheel ......this trickles down to the Right-wing media personalities who are personally and professionally overly-invested in Trump and the Republican Party’s success and inculpability... 7/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1071388915137822720
@democracynow @emptywheel Because Trump's public sycophants' egos (reputations) and self-interest (incomes) are on the line, they dig in and manipulate and influence the general public to believe lies and conspiracies..... 8/
@democracynow @emptywheel The general public (supporters) then has an ego investment in the lies & conspiracies within the circles of their own personal lives because of their inherent difficulty with admitting mistake of action (voting for Trump) or mistake of perception (being conned/manipulated)....9/
@democracynow @emptywheel This then has a detrimental effect on their relationships as evidenced by the countless examples of ruined personal relationships ("defriending") and even marriages over the toxicity created by Trumps divisiveness..... 10/
@democracynow @emptywheel Essentially it's the GOP's revered Trickle Down Economics" theory, except that it's occurring with and tearing apart the social and moral fabric of the public and personal lives of Americans....11/
@democracynow @emptywheel Yesterday we learned that Trump viewed his presidential campaign as nothing more than the greatest infomercial in history. None of this, and none of us, mean a damn thing to him..... 12/
@democracynow @emptywheel The only thing that matter to him is his self-interest (which is why he got into this: $$), and his self-preservation (which is why he's willing, and attempting, to tear/burn this democracy down). 13/
@democracynow @emptywheel And yet, despite this reality, his base, and his GOP sycophants continue to aid and abet his attempt to do so. They have been relegated to the role of obedient studio audience members in Trump's version of a political "Sham Wow" informercial. 14/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1100740645809926144
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