Category: Social Psychology

Why is it so hard for white people to recognize the Republican racist dog whistles for what they are?

The Cognitive Tom Fuckery that Maintains the Inner Racist of Many White People


Reading time: 7 minutes
There’s a lot of cognitive Tom Fuckery going on in all our heads when it comes to race, racism, and racial animus. Here we go over some of what is helping maintain the inner racist of many white people, keeps them falling for racist dog whistles, and means they’ll vote Republican.

How has the reaction of America's CEOs paralleled the reaction of the American people to the dismantling of our democracy

How Big Business Got Woke and Dumped Trump — But Maybe It’s Not True Anymore?


Reading time: 5 minutes
Time recently published an article outlining out Jeffrey Sonnenfeld marshalled America’s CEOs to oppose the Republican authoritarian power grab from the Big Lie to the 6 January Insurrection to voter suppression and nullification laws, but their enthusiasm for that opposition has fractured and grown confused just like our electorate’s has.

Anyone who supports furthering the Big Lie and the 6 January Insurrection false flag theory is anti-democratic

Charles Koch, Racial Animus, Critical Race Theory Furor, and What to Do About It


Reading time: 4 minutes
Anyone who supports either the Big Lie or the 6 January Insurrection false flag theory are clearly anti-democratic. It is clear that the goal is to create this single-party pseudo-democratic minority-rule autocracy that will quickly and efficiently transfer the nation’s wealth to the one percent, all them to intimidate all rivals, and duke it out with China as they divvy up the remainder of the world’s natural resources.

What are the lessons we can learn about our current pandemic and stolen election hysterias from the Witch Hysterias of Medieval Europe?

The Medieval Witch Hysteria Teaches About Today’s Pandemic and Stolen Election Hysterias


Reading time: 6 minutes
We’re seeing MAGA Nation acting crazier and crazier with them taking ivermectin, avoiding the ICU’s, and nebulizing hydrogen peroxide to treat #COVID19 and even though the AZ fraudit found the election to be legitimate, they still believe it had fraud and the election was stolen. What’s the end game here? What do other hysterias have to teach us about how this one will end?

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