Thread by @DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4640: Tom Cotton's overt and inflammatory Nazi-othering of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
#BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #TomCotton
#SCOTUS #KetanjiBrownJackson

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1511453277468123145

2/ Earlier today, Senator Tom Cotton Nazi-Othered propagandized soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

3/ From strict verbal or written interpretation, Cotton's statement was not only factually inaccurate, but profoundly inflammatory and extremely disparaging. It was overt propaganda.

4/ From a nonverbal perspective, his body language behavior is also quite telling and is scrutinized here.

5/ The following four images are from early in this 13 second video (during 0:02) as he says, "Ya know the last Judge ..."

6/ These show various stages of a variation on the R2E2 expression (Rationalization Rapport Empathy Expression) — wherein Cotton is trying to gain empathy/manipulate the audience's empathy for his Point of View (pathological/manipulatively soliciting empathy).

7/ It's also indicative of Cotton trying to Rationalize his argument and build rapport with anyone who is watching/listening.

8/ We all display the R2E2 expression *on occasion*, however, those who use it *frequently* — or, as in this case, suspiciously *out of context*, must be approached with caution.

9/ When we see the R2E2, we must always ask ourselves:

• How do I feel about their overall level of sincerity (What's their Sincerity Quotient)?
• What are my gut feelings of their motive(s)?
• What was their primary emotion as they spoke?

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10/ ...Continued R2E2-context questions:

• What, specifically, are they trying to convince me of/for what are they trying to gain my Rapport?
• Do they truly believe what they are saying?
• Are they feigning a weakness?/Trying to Gain my Empathy? If so, what is it? Why?

11/ Toward the end of this video (during 0:11 seconds), as Cotton says, "might've" (and immediately prior), we see him display a smile. This smile was NOT a sincere smile, as there was contraction and elevation of nearly the entire width of his forehead.

12/ Whenever a smile is displayed out-of-context (even a partial or insincere smile), the motives of its displayer should always be questioned.

13/ If he really believed what he was saying, why would he smile about something so awful as defending Nazis? If he believed it to be true, there is no logical or ethical reason for smiling at such a statement. Thus, he does NOT believe what he is saying. Cotton is lying.

14/ Whenever the body language contradicts the spoken language, it's the body language that always tells the person's true thoughts and feelings.

15/ Now go back a second, just as he says, the beginning of the second syllable, "jack-SON", we see a variation of a Loose Tongue Jut.

16/ A Loose Tongue Jut indicates the thought-emotions of:

• "I lied"
• "I'm about to lie"
• "I've just said/done a stupid thing"
• "I'm about to/probably will get caught"

17/ Take care not to confuse this Loose Tongue Jut with a Tight Tongue Jut or a Wide Open Tongue jut as these all have completely different meanings.

18/ This Loose Tongue Jut also has a lateral component with it (note it's pointing toward his left). In this context, it has the additional meaning of:

• "I just won"/"I just won the game"
• "I beat you"

19/ This specific behavior display is reinforced by/fits with the false/insincere, out-of-context smile that immediately follows (see above).

20/ SUMMARY: Tom Cotton's nonverbal behavior contradicts his spoken words. His verbal language coupled with his body language displays manipulation, rationalization, and out-of-context smiling as he's speaking about defending Nazis.

21/ This highly-specific slander, spoken simultaneously w/ Putin, Lavrov, & other Russian propagandists, is a deliberate, overt, & provocative conflation of innocent peoples (Ukrainians and Judge Jackson) w/ Nazis.

This propaganda is profound and should be called out loudly.

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