Sidney Powell's defamtion case is the perfect opportunity for Powell to do what the Right has been clamoring to do, which even included disrupting the functions of government during January 6th insurrection:
Present their case that the election was stolen. 1/
One of the absolute defenses available to defendant's in defamation cases?
The truth.
So not only would Powell's defamation case provide an opportunity to present the evidence the Right not only claims to have about election fraud, but also claim the courts wouldn't hear,....2/
....but the defamation trial would also provide Powell with the most definitive and efficient defense for winning her case.
But instead, she's invoking a more subjective/less certain "reasonable man" defense.
Why would Powell fail to take advantage of that opportunity? 3/
Because, as @StuartStevens so comprehensively dissected:
"It Was All A Lie"....
.....and desperately claiming/pleading that no "reasonable person" would believe the gaslighting disinformation that she poisoned the country with is the only option she has. 4/
It's interesting to note that while Powell claims that no reasonable person would believe the gaslighting disinformation she spread, one of her defenses is that "SHE believed the allegations then and she believes them now".
And by doing so, Powell self-owned w/that admission. 5/
Article about device addiction by @brianklaas, which references @JonHaidt's book "the Anxious Generation" analyzing the effect smart phones have on kids.
I work with kids who struggle with electronic device dependency/addiction.
I attached relevant threads about Qanon, the neuropsychology of conspiracy theory susceptibility, and how dopamine/addiction and celebrity gossip/entertainment factors in, etc.
It's difficult to remember all of the things that should repulse otherwise decent people who continue to support a severely disordered man who they would otherwise condemn in any other context.
In 2018, I observed the parallels in political tribalism/conflict, and addiction.
I asked an advisor if i could focus on this in a grad school thesis, but was told I didn’t have the time, and the program didn’t have the resources.
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In 2021, I alluded to a possible addiction/dopamine link with politics in a @projectlincoln podcast......