Time to Divorce your Tribe

I posted this on FB, where inconvenient facts go to die:

Many people don't want to know what is going on unless it helps their tribe. If this describes you, you are a coward who is addicted to the illusion of righteousness. I challenge you to summon the courage to see current events in historical context. Virtually all national politicians and corporate media are massively corrupt and dishonest. They don't give a shit about the people they claim to serve. If you say adios to your tribe, you'll see the raw world in all of its complexities, disappointments and possibilities. You'll stop being such a dupe. You'll stop wasting energy to defend the undefendable. You'll start thinking for yourself again.

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Binding and Blinding

Jonathan Haidt: "Morality binds and blinds. It binds us into ideological teams that fight each other as though the fate of the world depended on our side winning each battle. It blinds us to the fact that each team is composed of good people who have something important to say."

I would add this: Being a member of a team causes one's IQ to plummet regarding topics relevant to one's team. Don't join anyone else's team. Be your own team, so that you have no stake in any particular outcome.

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Barack Obama’s Treasonous Misdeeds

I voted for Obama twice. Tulsi Gabbard's accusations (substantiated by hundreds of newly declassified documents) show that the conduct of Obama's WH (including Obama himself) was despicable. This was an attack on democracy itself. I would like to see this matter vigorously investigated and prosecuted. I cross-posted this on FB, where I expect that some people on FB will avoid the facts by launching baseless ad hominem attacks on Tulsi Gabbard.

As as far as Obama's character, it was already in question. I agree completely with Joe Rogan.

Trump's actual words

https://youtu.be/JmaZR8E12bs?si=xDyDPl2OnWfndqKn

REPORTER: George Washington and Robert E. Lee are not the same.

TRUMP: Oh no, George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status? Are we going to take down – excuse me. Are we going to take down, are we going to take down statues to George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? Okay, good. Are we going to take down his statue? He was a major slave owner. Are we going to take down his statue? You know what? It’s fine, you’re changing history, you’re changing culture, and you had people – and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally – but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had troublemakers and you see them come with the black outfits and with the helmets and with the baseball bats – you had a lot of bad people in the other group too.

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