As for which, a little hard to tell. A bunch of these people were grew up in the Obama years and were told that everything was awesome and couldn't get worse etc. etc. Those who were already adults thought that it was their time, that they were getting in the ground floor of the next big golden age. All of their biases were confirmed. White people suck. Rich people suck. Old people suck. Conservatives suck. So on and so on.
Then along comes Trump and the 2016 election, which slapped them all in the mouth. Their entire worldview was refuted in a single night. They can't handle this at all because they'd all spent the last eight years circle-jerking themselves about how morally righteous they were. So instead of introspection, they cry foul. They riot. They project. They search for ANYTHING that would prove that the election was stolen. Any little nitpick or pointless contrivance.
Has anyone seen the most recent media story about Trump's personal life? Supposedly his niece, Mary, has evidence that Trump got someone else to take his SAT when he went to Pennsylvania. No one who already has a problem with Trump will bring up the fact that Mary and her brother, Fred III, sued because they felt like they should get a larger portion of their grandfather's (Fred Trump Sr., Donald's father) estate.
Normal people would see that this is likely a load of shit brought on by a jilted grandchild. However, the crazies on the left are just using this as one more smear against Trump and, though Trump, smear us.
Yes, many had a world view that was maybe explanatory in their experience and absolved them of responsibility. It's a hard thing to challenge and I think sometimes the mind can create mental blocks to prevent you. I think that is how people are radicalized or brainwashed. They are repeatedly told false things that satiate a person's desire to explain the unknown and shirk responsibility.
And yeah, it's difficult to tell who is simply uninformed and who is purposely lying to push a false narrative. It's important to approach interactions with both possibilities in mind.
I don't think it was a need for an explanation of the unknown, but absolving themselves of responsibility for their actions was definitely part of it. We can see that in the student loan "crisis".
However, I still personally think that what we're seeing is a group of people who are essentially zealots. They believe that they are morally correct and will do or think pretty much anything in order to justify themselves.
You can consciously control your emotions.
As for which, a little hard to tell. A bunch of these people were grew up in the Obama years and were told that everything was awesome and couldn't get worse etc. etc. Those who were already adults thought that it was their time, that they were getting in the ground floor of the next big golden age. All of their biases were confirmed. White people suck. Rich people suck. Old people suck. Conservatives suck. So on and so on.
Then along comes Trump and the 2016 election, which slapped them all in the mouth. Their entire worldview was refuted in a single night. They can't handle this at all because they'd all spent the last eight years circle-jerking themselves about how morally righteous they were. So instead of introspection, they cry foul. They riot. They project. They search for ANYTHING that would prove that the election was stolen. Any little nitpick or pointless contrivance.
Has anyone seen the most recent media story about Trump's personal life? Supposedly his niece, Mary, has evidence that Trump got someone else to take his SAT when he went to Pennsylvania. No one who already has a problem with Trump will bring up the fact that Mary and her brother, Fred III, sued because they felt like they should get a larger portion of their grandfather's (Fred Trump Sr., Donald's father) estate.
Normal people would see that this is likely a load of shit brought on by a jilted grandchild. However, the crazies on the left are just using this as one more smear against Trump and, though Trump, smear us.
Yes, many had a world view that was maybe explanatory in their experience and absolved them of responsibility. It's a hard thing to challenge and I think sometimes the mind can create mental blocks to prevent you. I think that is how people are radicalized or brainwashed. They are repeatedly told false things that satiate a person's desire to explain the unknown and shirk responsibility.
And yeah, it's difficult to tell who is simply uninformed and who is purposely lying to push a false narrative. It's important to approach interactions with both possibilities in mind.
I don't think it was a need for an explanation of the unknown, but absolving themselves of responsibility for their actions was definitely part of it. We can see that in the student loan "crisis".
However, I still personally think that what we're seeing is a group of people who are essentially zealots. They believe that they are morally correct and will do or think pretty much anything in order to justify themselves.
In California, in a shithole violent school, they made the kids meditate. The fights etc went way down. I assume that Dems banned it after that.