Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4616: Majorie Taylor Greene's profane disparaging of President Biden

#BodyLanguageExpert #BodyLanguage #EmotionalIntelligence #MarjorieTaylorGreene

https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1428143215048200194

2/ On Wednesday evening, 18 August 2021, Marjorie Taylor Greene published the above video on her GETTR social media account. (GETTR is a twitter knockoff, founded by former Trump advisor, Jason Miller, targeted to the American Alt-Right.)

3/ In the ~4.1 second video, Congressperson Greene says, "Joe Biden, you're not a president, you're a piece of shit!"

The following is a nonverbal, verbal, and paralanguage analysis of this short video.

4/ Taylor Greene blinks 3 times in 4.1 seconds. While this could be a sign of ophthalmic disease, it's probably not. Properly performed, when observing blinking as an indicator of behavior, blink-rate should be normed.

5/ Provided Taylor Greene's eyes are relatively healthy and the ambient air is relatively humid, her blink-rate is probably 2-3 times her baseline, perhaps more. Medical issues aside, an increase blink-rate is a highly reliable indicator of general anxiety.

6/ Taken alone, an increase blink rate cannot indicate deception. However, when correlated with other findings, it can add to the probability of deception as well as other thought-emotions.

7/ Before she says a word, Taylor Greene blinks. Her face almost neutral — with just the slightest hint of the 'snarl' of Contempt (her right).

8/ Just prior to saying, "Joe...", Taylor Greene displays deeper contempt. Although certainly not a required component of Contempt, when the eyes are fully (or partially) closed, they act as a contempt amplifier (the same is also true for emotional displays of Disgust & Anger).

9/ Her second full blink follows as she says, "Joe..." — with her contempt, still mild, becoming slightly more pronounced.

10/ Just before she says the first, "...you're...", Taylor Greene displays a combination of Contempt with an amalgam of Duping Delight.

11/ Duping Delight is a partially suppressed smile, which, to most people will seem *out of context*. It's is a manifestation of one of two thought-emotions:

A. The person taking true delight in their believe that their Deception is being successfully perpetrated

or ...

12/ The second reason for Duping Delight is:

B. A person is committing a wrong, and knows it, and they're aware others know it — but they believe they will not be held accountable for their words and/or action(s).

13/ In the next image (just before she says, ...not..."), Taylor Greene displays a mixture of Contempt, Duping Delight, Anger, and Disgust.

14/ Contempt is perhaps the most destructive of all emotions. For example, the display of chronic Contempt in the context of a marriage/by a partner, etc. — it's the number one predictor of relationship failure.

15/ And if Contempt is displayed by your boss/supervisor, it's just as profound an indicator of the professional analog of divorce — that you're going to get fired.

16/ As she says the last syllable of "...president...", Taylor Greene displays a combination of Contempt and Anger.

17/ Just prior to saying "...you're..." for the second time, Taylor Greene displays another mixture of Contempt (primarily) with Disgust (her secondary thought-emotion).

18/ As she says, "... piece...", her Contempt-Disgust display amplifies.

19/ As she says, "...of...", Taylor Green displays greater Contempt together with some Anger.

20/ As she says the word, "... shit...", she closes her eyes for the third time in only ~4.1 seconds, amplifying her underlying thought-emotion of Disgust.

21/ The very last image in the series occurs after she's completed her sentence and reveals amplified Anger with deep Disgust.

22/ Disgust is a specific thought-emotion displayed towards a person — when the individual thinking-feeling it believes an aspect of the other person is so very much beneath them, as to, in part, not be alive/worth of life.

23/ We commonly will describe a dirty rag, vomit, or human excrement as "disgusting" and evoking "disgust". Given her nonverbal display, it's not surprising then, that Taylor Greene called President Biden "... a piece of shit...".

24/ Thus, Taylor Greene's body language/nonverbal displays perfectly fits with her verbal language — she is not lying. These are, indeed, her true thought-emotions.

25/ Moreover, the thought-emotion of Contempt indicates that a person believes that the other person and/or the group to which they belong — is *literally* beneath them.

26/ SUMMARY: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's body language, verbal language, and vocal qualities (paralanguage) all indicate repeated and deep Contempt, Anger, and Disgust toward President Joe Biden.

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27/ SUMMARY (continued):

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is exhibiting multiple behaviors highly consistent with significant Impulse Control Disorder, substance abuse, or both. Steroid psychosis should also be considered.

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28/ SUMMARY (continued):

An intervention by Representative Taylor Greene's staff, family, and medical personnel is indicated.

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