...In a series of experiments (click here) I conducted in 2010, I found that exposure to mildly violent political metaphors such as “fighting for our future” increased general support for political violence among people with aggressive personalities.
After participants answered personality questions about aggression, I randomly assigned them to read a short campaign speech that included either violent metaphors or nonviolent substitutes. Then, participants responded to questions about political threats, property damage and physical violence against leaders. Among interpersonally aggressive people, those who read the violent text had higher average political violence scores compared with those who saw nonviolent language. People with low aggressive personality scores were unaffected by language differences. In other words, aggressive people are already more likely to support political violence, and violent language makes them more so. The mild metaphors I used in these studies match well with common political language, so the explicit violent language we have heard recently could have stronger effects.
My findings are consistent with other research about how media violenceprimes aggressive behavior in people who are predisposed to it. What’s more, perpetrators of political violence, most of whom are men, often have histories of interpersonal violence and domestic abuse.
We also have evidence that Trump’s own words have caused audiences to behave worse in the past. In national experiments from 2016 and 2017, University of Massachusetts political scientist Brian Schaffner found that exposure to Trump’s racist comments about Mexicans during his campaign made people more likely to write offensive statements that were toward not just Mexicans but other groups. Indeed, people with prejudices toward one group often dislike other groups, suggesting that bigoted language has consequences beyond targeted groups. Furthermore, people whose racial and religious identities align with the demographics of their political party are more hostile toward partisan opponents, as Lilliana Mason, of the University of Maryland, College Park shows in her book....
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Donald Trump has to be the biggest political idiot of all time.
He is making a huge issue of birthright citizenship when he will never carry it out. Even Paul Ryan fell for the line, but, then Ryan would have no reason to understand at least three of Trump's own family and staff would fall under that Executive Order.
This is abuse of power. Trump is using the USA government as a political tool, that includes his movement of USA troops to the USA southern border.
Some in the Republican Party might even applaud Trump for his abusive political mannerisms to drive the vote, but, this is pure unadulterated corruption.
This is abuse of power. Trump is using the USA government as a political tool, that includes his movement of USA troops to the USA southern border.
Some in the Republican Party might even applaud Trump for his abusive political mannerisms to drive the vote, but, this is pure unadulterated corruption.
It looks as though peace is being agreed to along the Israeli - Gaza Border.
Perhaps Egypt will be able to broker the right for NGOs to enter Gaza to assist the Palestinian community with basic humanitarian needs, including health and education issues. The children of Gaza should have the right to travel abroad for higher education no different than any Israeli child has those options.
November 1, 2018
By Jack Khoury
Palestinian factions (click here) decided on Thursday to put an end to the violent protests along the Israel-Gaza border and stop the launching of airborne firebombs, a senior Hamas official told Haaretz. According to the official, the protesters will also stop setting tires on fire and approaching the Israeli side of the border.
At a conference held ahead of Friday's protests, the factions - Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front and several others - agreed to lower the level of friction in light of the talks brokered by Egypt. The decision also follows Israel's decision to expand the permitted fishing zone off the Gaza Strip's coast and transfer funds from Qatar for Hamas salaries....
November 1, 2018
By Jack Khoury
Palestinian factions (click here) decided on Thursday to put an end to the violent protests along the Israel-Gaza border and stop the launching of airborne firebombs, a senior Hamas official told Haaretz. According to the official, the protesters will also stop setting tires on fire and approaching the Israeli side of the border.
At a conference held ahead of Friday's protests, the factions - Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front and several others - agreed to lower the level of friction in light of the talks brokered by Egypt. The decision also follows Israel's decision to expand the permitted fishing zone off the Gaza Strip's coast and transfer funds from Qatar for Hamas salaries....
It looks as though Tom Steyer, George Soros and Michael Bloomberg need to take extra security measures.
None of the measures by the National Rifle Association is moral. After Kevin McCarthy, of the Republican Leadership, took down his anti-Semitic meme, the NRA reinstated it. This is more troubling in that this is the NRA and it's membership. We don't know how many extremists exist among that membership.
November 1, 2018
Tom Steyer, (click here) whose father was Jewish, called a similar tweet from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the House majority leader, 'a straight-up anti-Semitic move'
The National Rifle Association tweeted that three prominent liberal Jewish billionaires are pushing “their elitist agenda on Americans.”
The tweet came three days after a shooter killed 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue. In the responses, a number of readers charged that the tweet fed into far-right notions of a Jewish conspiracy, as critics alsonoted in February when NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre gave a speech accusing the same three men — George Soros, Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg — of promoting “socialism” and “social engineering.”...
These are messages of hate. ANY anti-Semitic anything is a message of hate. Such a message is not protected by freedom of speech. There need to be stronger laws about hate crimes TO PREVENT HATE CRIMES FROM OCCURRING, including hate speech. There is simply no reason for such a message to exist. Freedom is about freedom for everyone and our laws should reflect that.
November 1, 2018
Tom Steyer, (click here) whose father was Jewish, called a similar tweet from Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the House majority leader, 'a straight-up anti-Semitic move'
The National Rifle Association tweeted that three prominent liberal Jewish billionaires are pushing “their elitist agenda on Americans.”
The tweet came three days after a shooter killed 11 Jews at a Pittsburgh synagogue. In the responses, a number of readers charged that the tweet fed into far-right notions of a Jewish conspiracy, as critics alsonoted in February when NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre gave a speech accusing the same three men — George Soros, Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg — of promoting “socialism” and “social engineering.”...
These are messages of hate. ANY anti-Semitic anything is a message of hate. Such a message is not protected by freedom of speech. There need to be stronger laws about hate crimes TO PREVENT HATE CRIMES FROM OCCURRING, including hate speech. There is simply no reason for such a message to exist. Freedom is about freedom for everyone and our laws should reflect that.
Guillum was being set up by the FBI by Trump.
Andrew Gillum is too much of a gentleman to say it so I will. Trump was targeting Andrew Gillum to end his ambitions to be Florida Governor.
It is an abuse of power by Trump. He is using the USA assets in the FBI to attempt to lure Democrats into an illegal relationship. This harassment by the FBI went on for a year posing as a REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. Something Trump would know about. The FBI was attempting to trap Andrew Gillum into saying he would provide favors to Agent Miller for his plans to develop Tallahassee.
To begin, this was an assault on the integrity of Andrew Gillum and not his personal bank account. Even Agent Miller never offered the mayor personal wealth for promises to develop in Tallahassee. Agent Miller offered to support his run for Governor. The run for Governor developed while Trump was in office.
I want an investigation into these political activities by the FBI. NO, I demand an investigation to the political activities by the FBI. This has not been an issue since J. Edgar Hoover was Director.
I want to know if these activities by the FBI began after Comey was fired. Comey's firing, in realizing Russia was invited the next day to the White House and given confidential information, would cause "pause" by the USA agencies. That type of compromising behavior by the President would cause the agencies of the country to reassess their operating directives to continue to protect the country while compromised by the President with a US Congress unwilling to impeach.
I want to know how if their actions are in regard to Democrats. I want to know if Republicans are being targeted. I want to know if those targeted are only African Americans or minorities.
TRUMP IS COMPROMISING NATIONAL SECURITY. Under the previous Directors, the FBI was looking for terrorists and not seeking to intimidate Democrats from their ambitions. This is an outrageous use of FBI agents when Andrew Gillum was the subject FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR of FRIENDSHIP that was to ENTRAP him in an illegal statement to favor a supposed real estate developer.
I want to know how extensive the background data exists to establish these agents as real estate developer. Did they have an extensive portfolio? The portfolio would have to be backed by citizens that would actually be willing to lie to promote an FBI identity.
Andrew Gillum is not a stupid man. If he was going to back a particular real estate developer as an exclusive contractor to the city, he would be looking into the background and accomplishments of Agent Miller. I want to know the extent the FBI had to go to carry out this political action by Trump! Did Trump lend his own credentials to the FBI?
I would fully expect the city government of Tallahassee to be more interested in corruption than the FBI and a possible request from the city to have the FBI investigate. There are many agencies between the city government and the FBI that would be tapped to carry out this investigation, including the State Bureau of Investigation (click here). This focus by the FBI is completely out of line.
This entire investigation by the federal FBI stinks of corruption itself.
October 31, 2018
By Jeffery Schweers
...“If we could count (click here) on your help here at the local level we could be interested in helping you,” Gillum said Miller told him.
Gillum, who has been hammered by his GOP rival Ron DeSantis over the FBI investigation, replied that he wanted Miller’s support to be out of friendship, not in exchange for some favor.
“That was my way of sort of putting a hard line in place,” Gillum said. “To me, that felt like that crossed into a transaction. To me, if he wanted to support my run for governor, it would mean that he was looking for me to help him.”
During the course of their friendship, Miller never made a specific ask, he said.
“But this encounter, in particular, I was making an ask in my run for governor, and he responded in a way that seemed transactional,” Gillum said. “I never followed up, he never followed up with me and that was the end of it.”
It is an abuse of power by Trump. He is using the USA assets in the FBI to attempt to lure Democrats into an illegal relationship. This harassment by the FBI went on for a year posing as a REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER. Something Trump would know about. The FBI was attempting to trap Andrew Gillum into saying he would provide favors to Agent Miller for his plans to develop Tallahassee.
To begin, this was an assault on the integrity of Andrew Gillum and not his personal bank account. Even Agent Miller never offered the mayor personal wealth for promises to develop in Tallahassee. Agent Miller offered to support his run for Governor. The run for Governor developed while Trump was in office.
I want an investigation into these political activities by the FBI. NO, I demand an investigation to the political activities by the FBI. This has not been an issue since J. Edgar Hoover was Director.
I want to know if these activities by the FBI began after Comey was fired. Comey's firing, in realizing Russia was invited the next day to the White House and given confidential information, would cause "pause" by the USA agencies. That type of compromising behavior by the President would cause the agencies of the country to reassess their operating directives to continue to protect the country while compromised by the President with a US Congress unwilling to impeach.
I want to know how if their actions are in regard to Democrats. I want to know if Republicans are being targeted. I want to know if those targeted are only African Americans or minorities.
TRUMP IS COMPROMISING NATIONAL SECURITY. Under the previous Directors, the FBI was looking for terrorists and not seeking to intimidate Democrats from their ambitions. This is an outrageous use of FBI agents when Andrew Gillum was the subject FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR of FRIENDSHIP that was to ENTRAP him in an illegal statement to favor a supposed real estate developer.
I want to know how extensive the background data exists to establish these agents as real estate developer. Did they have an extensive portfolio? The portfolio would have to be backed by citizens that would actually be willing to lie to promote an FBI identity.
Andrew Gillum is not a stupid man. If he was going to back a particular real estate developer as an exclusive contractor to the city, he would be looking into the background and accomplishments of Agent Miller. I want to know the extent the FBI had to go to carry out this political action by Trump! Did Trump lend his own credentials to the FBI?
I would fully expect the city government of Tallahassee to be more interested in corruption than the FBI and a possible request from the city to have the FBI investigate. There are many agencies between the city government and the FBI that would be tapped to carry out this investigation, including the State Bureau of Investigation (click here). This focus by the FBI is completely out of line.
This entire investigation by the federal FBI stinks of corruption itself.
October 31, 2018
By Jeffery Schweers
...“If we could count (click here) on your help here at the local level we could be interested in helping you,” Gillum said Miller told him.
Gillum, who has been hammered by his GOP rival Ron DeSantis over the FBI investigation, replied that he wanted Miller’s support to be out of friendship, not in exchange for some favor.
“That was my way of sort of putting a hard line in place,” Gillum said. “To me, that felt like that crossed into a transaction. To me, if he wanted to support my run for governor, it would mean that he was looking for me to help him.”
During the course of their friendship, Miller never made a specific ask, he said.
“But this encounter, in particular, I was making an ask in my run for governor, and he responded in a way that seemed transactional,” Gillum said. “I never followed up, he never followed up with me and that was the end of it.”
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