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| DATE | 2016-11-03 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] Meanwhile, in the land of 'Who, me?'
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Quoting Ruben Safir (ruben.safir-at-my.liu.edu):
> On 11/01/2016 11:22 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> > OK, now that the smokescreen is gone, what about the contents of the
> > article? Which is verifiably and damningly true?
>
>
> the content of the articles is that it can't be trusted any more than
> the ramblings of Mein Kompf.
'Kampf'.
You're the only one talking (incessantly) about whether this article
(and others) can be 'trusted'. I keep pointing out that 'trust' is
irrelevant to the accuracy or inaccuracy of something that can be easily
vetted against decades of NYC court records and widespread awareness of
went on in those endless hundreds of lawsuits over a long period.
What you're displaying, of course, is classic epistemic closure. You're
displaying the behaviour of someone grabbing at excuses to ignore what
you don't want to acknowledge.
Here's more for you to carefully disregard.
http://www.gq.com/story/the-cult-of-trump
[...]
The solution? Not God. Or patriotism. Or casting aside party loyalty
to come together as a nation. No, politicians had rallied under those
virtuous banners before, and where had it gotten us? Instead, the newly
crowned nominee offered a more messianic promise: that Trump—and only
Trump—can get things back on track.
That’s the moment, says Rick Alan Ross, America’s leading cult expert,
when he realized Trumpism had striking similarities to the fanatical
groups he studies.
[...]
A week later, he left me two voicemails outlining the warning signs of
narcissistic personality disorder in the candidate, and a week after
that, followed up with another batch of e-mails expounding on Trump’s
similarities to the cults he studies. There was a lot to dig into.
Sign I: His campaign is fueled by charisma.
[...]
Sign II: He’s a raging narcissist.
[...]
Sign III: What he says is always right. Even when it's not.
[...]
Congressman Leo J. Ryan, assassinated at Jonestown, was actually a
friend of mine, in addition to being my congressman, so when so-called
candidates keep sounding a _lot_ like Reverand Jim Jones, and a whole
bunch of dimwits somehow cannot see through that, it rather bothers me.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2016/11/02/a-foretaste-of-donald-trumps-america/
Black churches burned in America long before Donald Trump came along.
And Donald Trump did not call for the burning of this Mississippi
church. And, of course NotAllTrumpSupporters look favorably on the
burning of black churches.
But as I said yesterday after the Ku Klux Klan officially endorsed Trump
for president: Not all Trump supporters are Klan, but all Klan are Trump
supporters.
The burning of black churches is just another symptom of the same
disease that has produced a spike in violent threats and anti-Semitic
hatred online.[link] The kind of people inclined to carry out such acts
enthusiastically believe that Trump’s candidacy — and Trump himself —
have given them permission to do so. They believe they are breaking free
of the stifling “political correctness” that Trump constantly mocks and
condemns. They are providing a foretaste of what they believe will be
rightly restored when a white man is back in the White House — a white
man who shares their fear and contempt of anyone who is not also a white
man. [...]
You claim Mr. Trump is not a raging anti-semite, despite his repeatedly
pandering to them and the many disturbing occurrences like his not
wanting to disavow David Duke's endorsement and claiming he'd never
heard of the man. You certainly might be correct; it might not be your
ox being gored this time -- yet.
But, this much is clear: He's brought raging, murderous anti-semites
right into the mainstream of your political party. Have fun consorting
with them.
> Any facts in it are twisted. Any opinions in it are malicious and
> bitter. There is no attempt to be truthful within it, but only to
> expose my ears to more anti-Israel and Stalinist rhetoric. I won't
> contaminate myself with it.
>
> I never read anything past the word Rueters. It is a policy.
>
>
>
>
> --
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> that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
> http://www.mrbrklyn.com
>
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