tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post6228726252421978743..comments2023-10-19T11:27:25.565-04:00Comments on Nutwood Junction: Cognitive Dissonance, revisitedBethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05149068921334726430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-69334984570022355282009-09-12T16:59:07.117-04:002009-09-12T16:59:07.117-04:00I love this post and the Dilberts!
I hope the R...I love this post and the Dilberts! <br /><br />I hope the Repugs do themselves in and lose many more seats during the next election!Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718724697267800263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-39172564408245973042009-09-10T13:42:51.525-04:002009-09-10T13:42:51.525-04:00Good post Beth, well written and with many good po...Good post Beth, well written and with many good points. I can understand someone in denial about a disease or other personal tragedy by looking for evidence which doesn't exist and trying to believe in it. It's a defense that maybe helps to deal with it. But why does someone become so enraged about someone else they don't even know to the point of inventing and then believing in facts that don't exist.<br /><br />I once knew a woman who was an ardent racist. She poured over nespapers and magazines to find any scrap of information that she thought told her black people were inferior. She kept a scrapbook.<br /><br />I had a different take on helping the President. I don't think it came from a dictatorial urging, even an unconscious one. I heard it more in the same spirit as Kennedy's "what you can do for your country."<br /><br />The befogged Obama deniers are on a fast train to nowhere.<br /><br />DBDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144446186279708019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-21082572427542392422009-09-10T10:25:54.003-04:002009-09-10T10:25:54.003-04:00This was an interesting read, Beth. But I do thin...This was an interesting read, Beth. But I do think that there was a point to the controversy regarding the speech.<br /><br />While both Bush and Reagan took the opportunity to sneak in a little policy with their back to school speeches, the proposed lesson plan that went along with it, bothered the hell out of me.<br /><br />The idea of writing on 'how I can help the President' is pretty scary. Most imaginings of how tolitarian regimes occur, start with 'how I can help the country' themes. <br /><br />It was not, 'how I can help my neighborhood', or 'what can I do to be a better person', but 'how can I help the President'. That is the kind of language that is used by despots throught history. That is what I thought the 'cognitive dissonance' was doing, and I still think that point has been missed.<br /><br />One of the ways to prepare someone to contribute to their own downfall, is by surreption. I think that the essence of power is one where it is a means to its own end. Power isn't about ideaology. It is just about power. It sets its own table, and creeps and encroaches upon the weak until they are consumed.<br /><br />I don't know when it will happen, just as I don't know when it began. But I fear there will come a time in the country, if not the world, where there will be no other emotion than the love of the country at the expense of all other judgements.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-22799702036732622862009-09-09T23:22:21.227-04:002009-09-09T23:22:21.227-04:00I agree with Kyle: all good, but the Llewellyn Q&a...I agree with Kyle: all good, but the Llewellyn Q&A was especially worth the read.<br /><br />Thanks!jack-of-all-thumbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890408896745938386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-47601048537322122982009-09-09T20:14:44.581-04:002009-09-09T20:14:44.581-04:00I know that there are others that love my job :o)I know that there are others that love my job :o)Ken Richeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425810816600512504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-4915741427132949512009-09-09T19:23:56.727-04:002009-09-09T19:23:56.727-04:00I agree with Bob, the silence is nice, but eerie. ...I agree with Bob, the silence is nice, but eerie. What happens to conservatives when their mouths are shut? Where does all the hot air go? Beth, great post. Especially liked the Q&A with Frank Llewellyn. Enjoy the speech!Kyle Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369076904327452139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-67586910594407649512009-09-09T16:48:28.601-04:002009-09-09T16:48:28.601-04:00So much todo about nothing. Glad its over.So much todo about nothing. Glad its over.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721202924711744684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-736448434152217111.post-40528037335545878322009-09-09T16:43:43.102-04:002009-09-09T16:43:43.102-04:00I also got a kick out of all those "The sky i...I also got a kick out of all those "The sky is falling" Repugs who listened to the speech and saw it for what it was: encouraging kids to do good, work hard, and don't give up.<br />Of course, they're all silent today.<br />I kinda like that, too!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.com