In Nov., Trump pushed election lies.
2 months later, the insurrection/first non-peaceful transition of power in U.S. history occurred.
Aside from August being 2 months away, there’s another dangerous parallel:
"Pathologically unrealistic expectations"
On election morning…1/
2 months later, the insurrection/first non-peaceful transition of power in U.S. history occurred.
Aside from August being 2 months away, there’s another dangerous parallel:
"Pathologically unrealistic expectations"
On election morning…1/
https://twitter.com/SykesCharlie/status/1401506288945844225
...I laid out a road map describing how Trump would manipulate/gaslight the election results to incite his base. Basically, it included
1.Create pathologically unrealistic expectations
2.Lie about the results
3.Incite people to react violently
...2/
1.Create pathologically unrealistic expectations
2.Lie about the results
3.Incite people to react violently
...2/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1323621669970210817
Fast forward to the present.
Not only are Trump, Lindell, and Powell once again creating “pathologically unrealistic expectations”.....
......but we are hearing a former NSA (Flynn) validate/normalize violence and insurrection…..7/ nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/…
Not only are Trump, Lindell, and Powell once again creating “pathologically unrealistic expectations”.....
......but we are hearing a former NSA (Flynn) validate/normalize violence and insurrection…..7/ nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/…
….but millions of Trump supporters, many/most of whom had never heard of Myanmar, are not only regurgitating Right Wing seditionist incitements, but they’re actively lusting for civil war/insurrection. 8/
Not only is none of this surprising (2018)…….9/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1026779613752524800
…..(2019)…….10/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1119738694393401344
……but the demagogic incitement to violence is also not going away…..13/
This is due in part, because, as analyzed in this thread about Right Wing “mob justice”, Republicans afraid of the mob that were complicit in creating………..14/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1385222151901306886
The most absurd aspect of all of this:
Our country is in crisis…
….with democracy literally hanging in the balance…
….because of a tribalistic requirement to protect the feelings/hyper-fragile ego of one pathologically insecure/weak man… 15/
Our country is in crisis…
….with democracy literally hanging in the balance…
….because of a tribalistic requirement to protect the feelings/hyper-fragile ego of one pathologically insecure/weak man… 15/
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1114535416907145216
Article about "Pathologically Unrealistic Expectations" written on the morning of the election (no paywall):patreon.com/posts/43492409
Thread on the manipulation of neuropsychological fear responses:
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1391378914132463620
Thread analyzing the perpetual victimhood created by "pathologically unrealistic expectations", and how it contributed to the January 6th insurrection:
https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1387025625442000896
Article form of the thread above (no paywall):patreon.com/posts/52207283
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