Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4635: Ron Johnson, Moscow, and the 4th of July
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2/ I'm sure you remember back in the summer of 2018, over the July 4th Holiday — when Seven U.S. Senators and One Congress Person traveled to Moscow to meet with Russian foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.

3/ The Seven US Senators were Ron Johnson (R-WI), John Kennedy (R-LA), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Steve Daines (R-MT), John Hoeven (R-ND), John Thune (R-SD), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) — and the one US House member was Kay Granger (R-TX).

Note all of these politicians are Republicans.

4/ In the center of the image above is Wisconsin Senator, Ron Johnson. On his right is Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana and on his left is Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas.

5/ In this close-up image of Ron Johnson, we can see three crucial components of his facial expression:

A. His Center Forehead is Contracted
B. His Center Forehead is Elevated
C. He's displaying a Mouth-Smile (Pseudo-smile)

6/ We all make this facial expression on occasion (hopefully not too often) in the context of:

A. Arrogance
B. Contempt
C. Smug Incredulity

7/ All three of these emotions have other facial expressions with which they're associated.

8/ Note also the asymmetry on the right side of Johnson's mouth — a contraction adjacent to the corner of his mouth. This is an additional Contempt component and is colloquially referred to as as 'snarl' or 'smirk'.

9/ It's also crucial to note that the mouth component is not a true smile (not a Duchenne Smile) — and it may be expressed fully, partially, mildly, or even barely noticeable.

10/ However, when the Central Forehead is both Contracted and Elevated — in conjunction with at least a partial mouth smile — and its displayed Frequently or out-of-context — it has an extremely high correlation with Sociopathy-Psychopathy (APD).

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