• bloom_of_rakes@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    When the whole herd is thinking a certain way, hating a certain person, repeating the same arguments. That’s a sure sign that they are under the control of a mob mentality and/or a propaganda campaign. Which is a good argument for swiftly nopeing in the opposite direction.

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      8 months ago

      I tried the contrarian route for a while and found myself wrong the overwhelming majority of the time. I actually had panic attacks over it. Then I swapped to being contrarian to the contrarians and settled into a proper mental state. Which is to say… maybe don’t develop a paranoid god complex and assess the facts as they are and deal with them in the capacity that you’re able.

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        8 months ago

        You are accusing me of being merely contrarian and suffering from a paranoid god complex.

        Gee, thanks.

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        8 months ago

        What he’s saying is that he’s seeing overwhelming evidence that Trump is a past, present and future danger. He’s seeing tons of people agreeing with that evidence.

        He’s, in his infinite wisdom, come to the conclusion that he should ignore the evidence and vote directly against it.

        You know. A moron.