No one is more critical of, or hates the US, more than the political Right. Turn on any right wing media platform and it's nothing but criticism and hate for America and Americans.
No one is more critical of, or hates the US, more than the political Right. Turn on any right wing media platform and it's nothing but criticism and hate for America and Americans.
…it would be interesting to see if there has been a drop from the widely reported statistic of 22 per day, because it’s conceivable that militia membership would have a mitigating effect on those suicide numbers.
Why?
Well, consider how difficult it is for…2/
….veterans who identify as warriors/patriots/defenders of the Republic,.....and who went from waking up every day willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for their country,...and who employed unique life-saving and life taking skills/training/technology…. 3/
Some thoughts/observations on a potentially complex interplay of sleep deprivation, social media/Facebook attention/addiction, the hijacking of the cerebral cortex (executive function/reason) by the amygdala (emotion), and personality trait-influenced fake news propagation. 1/
First, let’s start with sleep deficiency. While listening to @SamHarrisOrg’s podcast with sleep researcher Matthew Walker/@sleepdiplomat, something caught my attention about the effect of sleep deficiency on psychiatric disorders. 2/ samharris.org/podcasts/makin…
At the 1:27 mark, Walker explains his research findings on sleep and executive function/judgment/emotional reactivity (I cleaned it up to make it more readable): 3/
Social media is an issue, but the Right Wing Media Echo Chamber (TV/talk radio, and increasingly, podcasts like Bannon's) probably have the most impact. These threads analyze the psychology/business model of Right Wing Media:
Yes…manipulation/exploitation of neuropsychological fear responses to not only create the perception of chaos, but to create literal chaos. Because when people sense/fear chaos, they will vote for, or in extreme cases, violently install a “strong man” to restore “order”. 1/
The Right incites the country with Communist/Socialist rhetoric, while simultaneously conditioning the base to support actual Communists/Socialists, and Marxist rhetoric...all in the name of "America First".
Here, MTG riffs about the proper labeling of the U.S. President...1/