Thread by @duty2warn

THREAD
1- Trump supporters validate who they are by "their beliefs." Well, that makes it easier! If you say you believe something and a lot of others say they believe it too, you think it's real. And who can tell you what to believe? Belief is emotional, requiring minimal thought

2 - Think about it - why work so hard to discern information and knowledge when it's simpler to seek validation for feelings? And it's so easy to mov from that to false equivalencies. "I don't believe in vaccines or masks" becomes equal to "I don't believe in Bigfoot."

3 - Once you adopt a belief system not anchored in truth, and you assign more importance to the belief than you do to fact, it becomes easy to do it again. And AGAIN. Before you know it, you're addicted to the validation you get from whatever media source confirms your beliefs!

4 - That media source you're addicted to is careful. Never stir up cognitive dissonance. No conflict. No debate. You feel safe there. Soon you feel UNsafe anywhere else. You're in an echo chamber now. Truth is skewed, and little penetrates.
Congratulations, you're in a cult!

5 - The issue of elevating the importance of one's beliefs above science, evidence, and expertise is a cornerstone of Trumpism. (What a natural fit for religion, too.) It's how the GOP emotionalized the electorate, with help from enablers and amplifiers. It's a full-on apparatus.

6 - The sources pelting Americans with propaganda are plentiful. It's Fox. Talk radio. Right wing podcasts. It's performative elected officials. Social media platforms. Foreign actors, like Putin. And it's spread, like a plague, to tens of millions of our most susceptible.

7 - The midterms will decide the fate of American democracy. For democracy to prevail, enough TRUTH must prevail. This IS the bottom line. Remember, not all our citizens are political creatures. Not all Republicans are Trump supporters. Math says: We don't have to flip that many.

8 - We're making a film called #UNTRUTH. It will make sense out of where we are and why we're here. It's a behavioral perspective we don't EVER get in the media. It will speak truth to ANYONE who isn't fully entranced. It will arm us and help flip moderates. That's smart math!

9 - The film WILL be released before the midterms. It's an independent film featuring psychologists and pundits, some of which you know well. We did this in 2020 with #UNFIT about Trump. Now in 2020, it's called #UNTRUTH about TrumpISM - the TRUE foe. It WILL make a difference.

10 - You can read about the film NOW. And we hope as many people will do that as possible! Below is a link. Watch the trailer, scroll and read the "Messages of the Film," and please consider supporting the effort (there's only two weeks left to do so).
bit.ly/34DmQZP

11 - The GOP has no platform. They only want power. To rule. To change the system. To make it Minority Rule, now and forever. We must be smart and focused. Truth must prevail.
We're all in this together. Thanks for reading.

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