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Zakaria: #Diversity is India’s greatest strength as a democracy. Diversity helps forge a culture of compromise & tolerance essential to #democracy’s success there—and its rescue here. #GOP is intolerant of this norm & reality b/c it’s become so ethnically & racially homogenous.
@FareedZakaria Biologist Sapolsky: Humans are hardwired to see "us" vs "them." Difference activates fear & aggression parts of our brain. This makes us easy to manipulate by nationalism's divisive #propaganda. But we belong to multiple groups, & who's in/us & out/them can change in a heartbeat.
#Nationalism & #Neuroscience: Stanford biologist Robert Sapolsky explains to @FareedZakaria that nationalist rhetoric literally fires up fear in our brains, making humans very prone to manipulative #propaganda exploiting in- and out-groups—"us" vs "them" cnn.com/videos/tv/2019…
@FareedZakaria This Is Your Brain On Nationalism: Stanford neurobiologist Robert Sapolsky on the cognitive underpinnings of toxic tribal "Us vs. Them" nationalism, spurred by politicians using propaganda to exploit identity group dynamics (discussed earlier today on CNN)
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Horrific attack on Muslims in New Zealand is a reminder that demagoguery kills. Far-right pols like Trump who spew hate & fascist language should be rebuked until they stop. And their propagandists shouldn’t be given a platform to gaslight, downplay or normalize the danger. @CNN
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CNN plays with fire giving propagandists like @CortesSteve a platform. He contorts language, distorts facts & gaslights reality—to defend clear threats of violence. These propaganda tactics by Trump & defenders to downplay obvious abhorrent behavior is unacceptable & dangerous.
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