#OrgUSLucasfilm #OtheringHateSpeech #BrandDisney #BrandDisneyPlusStreaming #TVObiWanKenobi #OrgUSLucasfilmStarWars #MetaphorDeceitFakeReality #TauntMediaManipulationDistraction

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Context tweet in response to the following "A personal message from Ewan McGregor": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49MgXjTLQ6c of #IRLActorEwanMcGregor defending #IRLActorMosesIngram (who plays #TVObiWanKenobiRevaSevander) from #PowerControlMicrofascismBullyingCyberTrolling For example, with responses such as this one by Hambley (of TheQuartering) to #IRLFilmmakerProducerLaurenHissrich about the #OtheringHateMisogyny.istic tone of his posts: ^[tweet]

#IRLPoliticalStrategistSteveBannon #WebsiteVDAREPeterBrimelow ^{[The Southern Poverty Law Center] [Wikipedia]} #WebsiteVDARE ^[Wikipedia] #IRLIdeologueMiloYiannopoulosAKAMiloAndreasWagner #BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistBenShapiro #WebsiteVDAREMichaelJThompsonAKAPaulKersey ^[Muckrack] according to #AdvocacyUSPeopleForTheAmericanWayPFAWRightWingWatch ^[Wikipedia] "Thompson is just one of many members of the white nationalist movement in the United States that attempted to reinvent its public image with the 'alt-right' moniker and rose to a flash of influence in Republican politics amid the 2016 presidential campaign of​ Donald J. Trump. Leading up to that political moment, a clique of the movement's believers had situated themselves inside GOP-aligned institutions and media outlets in and around Washington, where they used the resources at their disposal to advance their cause. Thompson's career took him inside the Leadership Institute, a pillar of the conservative movement for more than 40 years, and ultimately to the right-wing tabloid-style website, WorldNetDaily. " https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/post/hiding-in-plain-sight-the-white-nationalist-who-toiled-inside-a-right-wing-media-powerhouse #PoliticsNationalismWhite #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump #WebsiteWorldNetDailyWND ^[Muckrack] #AdvocacyUSNationalPolicyInstituteNPIRichardSpencer #IRLCommentatorDaveRubin #IRLCommentatorMikeCernovich ^{[The Southern Poverty Law Center]} #NMUSOneAmericaNewsNetworkOANNJackPosobiec #IRLPsychologistJordanPeterson #IRLShockJockAlexJonesInfoWars #IRLIdeologuePaulJosephWatson #VlogComicArtistProSecretsEthanVanSciver #BrandTimcastMediaGroupTimPool #VlogGeeksPlusGamersJeremyGriggs #VlogTheQuarteringJeremyHambley

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Supplementary #WebsiteRewritingRipley.com "We need to talk about the fact that almost 40% of negative YouTube videos mentioning The Last Jedi are from radical right wing or alt right accounts. These accounts have also dedicated their channels to hate campaigns against Captain Marvel star Brie Larson, former SNL cast member Leslie Jones, and feminist YouTuber Anita Sarkeesian. ... Christopher Wylie, a data scientist for Cambridge Analytica, states that Bannon was interested in the firm 'because [Bannon] follows this idea of the Breitbart doctrine, which is that if you want to change politics, you first have to change culture.' He stated that Bannon wanted 'weapons to fight a culture war.'" https://rewritingripley.medium.com/in-plain-sight-how-white-supremacy-misogyny-and-hate-targeted-the-star-wars-sequel-trilogy-and-2fd0be4b242 #2017_StarWarsTheLastJediEpisodeVIII #PoliticsFascismNaziNeoFarRightAltRightRadicalRight #IRLActorBrieLarson #IRLComedianLeslieJones #VlogFeministFrequencyAnitaSarkeesian #IRLActorJohnBoyega #MetaphorWarfareCulture #CampaignHashtagGamerGate #SlurWhiteSupremacy #MagazineVanityFair #BrandCambridgeAnalytica #IRLWhistleblowerChristopherWylie #Website4chan8chan8kun #IRLActorOscarIsaac #IRLActorLupitaNyongO #PoliticsFascismUltraPalingenetic  #_Focal #PhenomnGnothiSeautonACompendiumOf4chansRedpillsAndConspiracyFacts ^{[site archive]}

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#2025_ #OrgUSTEDTalks #NewspaperUKBrdshtTheObserverCaroleCadwalladr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE #CharacterisationTechBro #PoliticsAuthoritarianismAutocracyBroligarchy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/17/how-to-survive-the-broligarchy-20-lessons-for-the-post-truth-world-donald-trump #TauntBigTech #PoliticsFascismTechno #IRLBusinesspersonArronBanks #PoliticsGovernanceOligarchy #IRLScholarTimothySnyder #TauntCatLady #PowerControlStrategicLawsuitsAgainstPublicParticipationSLAPPs #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch #TechArtificialIntelligenceAIGenerative #ToponymEuropeGermanyDeutscheDemokratischeRepublikDDR #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump47thPresident #CatchcryEnemiesOfThePeople ^[Wikipedia] #MetaphorPlaybook #OrgUSFedGovDepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiencyDOGE

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#NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesJillLepore "Mr. Musk has long presented himself to the world as a futurist. Yet, notwithstanding the gadgets -- the rockets and the robots and the Department of Government Efficiency Musketeers, carrying backpacks crammed with laptops, dreaming of replacing federal employees with large language models -- few figures in public life are more shackled to the past. On the day of Donald Trump's inauguration, Mr. Musk told a roaring, jubilant crowd that the election marked 'a fork in the road of human civilization.' He promised to 'take DOGE to Mars' and pledged to give Americans reasons to look 'forward to the future.' In 1932, when civilization stood at another fork in the road, the United States chose liberal democracy, and Franklin Roosevelt, who promised 'a new deal for the American people.' In his first 100 days, Mr. Roosevelt. signed 99 executive orders, and Congress passed more than 75 laws, beginning the work of rebuilding the country by establishing a series of government agencies to regulate the economy, provide jobs, aid the poor and construct public works. Mr. Musk is attempting to go back to that fork and choose a different path. Much of what he has sought to dismantle, from antipoverty programs to national parks, have their origins in the New Deal. Mr. Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration provided 8.5 million Americans with jobs; Mr. Musk has measured his achievement by the number of jobs he has eliminated." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/opinion/elon-musk-doge-technocracy.html #IRLEntrepreneurElonMusk #CharacterisationVisionaryFuturist #MetaphorWarfareHeroMusketeer #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyPOTUSFranklinDRooseveltFDR #IRLHistoricalFigureJoshuaHaldeman #PoliticsGovernanceTechnocracy #MetaphorDiseaseMindVirus #ToponymAmericaNorthUSCaliforniaNorthernSiliconValley #TauntPresumptionHubris #IRLEntrepreneurMarcAndreessen #TheoryFuturismFilippoTommasoMarinetti #PoliticsAuthoritarianismAutocracy https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/opinion/elon-musk-capitalism.html #NarrativeUtopiaPlacelessness #IRLAuthorDouglasAdams #IRLAuthorHGWells #IRLAuthorIainBanks #WorksSeriesTheCulture #ToponymAfricaSouthernSouthAfrica #BrandAmazonJeffBezos #PowerControlSegregationApartheid #IRLAuthorNovelistUrsulaLeGuin #IRLAuthorVirginiaWoolf

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#EpistemologyAmateurExegetePatternSeeking ? #WebsiteSubstackThisWillHold https://substack.com/inbox/post/165658733 #AdvocacyUSFederalistSocietyFedSocLeonardLeo #BrandTrippLite #BrandEatonCorporation #BrandPalantirTechnologies #IRLEntrepreneurPeterThiel #BrandDominionVotingSystems #BrandTechBallotProofEthanShaotran #TechSatelliteTelecommunicationsStarlink #IRLPrivateCitizenCurtisYarvinAKAMenciusMoldbug ^[Wikipedia] #OrgUSFedCentersForMedicareMedicaidServicesCMS ^[Wikipedia] #OrgClassifPPRUSUnitedRussiaVladimirPutin

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#EDUCAUniversityOfOttawaRitaAbrahamsen, #EDUCAUniversityOfOttawaMichaelWilliams "Ahmari's essay on dystopia begins by observing that 'Those of us who inhabit the Very Online Right like to point out how this or that new social phenomenon resembles this or that dystopian fiction. ... these resemblances to fictional dystopias should arrest us' (Ahmari 2021). Then he asks, 'What if dystopia is already here? What if our territory already conforms to maps drawn long ago by science-fiction authors? Could it be that we have crossed the invisible frontier that divides an ordinary place, an ordinary topos, from a dystopian realm?' Indeed, Ahmari is effusive in lauding the ability of dystopian fiction to place issues of the day (such as 'cancel culture, woke-ism and gender ideology') within wider frameworks that 'uncover the deeper currents shaping our age.' He sees these contemporary phenomena as 'merely the acceleration of older and deeper processes of ideological transformation' that dystopian fiction can help expose." Abrahamsen, R. and M. C. Williams (2025). 'Radical Right Dystopias in the Global Culture Wars.' Global Studies Quarterly 5(1). ^{[academic source]} #AdvocacyUSTheAmericanIdeasInstituteTheAmericanConservativeTACSohrabAhmari ^[Wikipedia] #MetaphorOutsiderDissenterVeryOnlineRight #NarrativeUtopiaDystopia #CatchcryCancelCulture #PhenomnDogmaAntiGenderIdeologyGenderismGenderTheory

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"Owens, Crowder and Shapiro have all been of great import to the Trump movement. Other figures include - but not limited to - Charlie Kirk, Jesse Kelly, Dan Bongino, Jack Posobiec, Dave Rubin, and even Trump himself. Other figures, such as Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and Tulsi Gabbard, though not of the Right ideologically, can be counted as fellow travelers. Just as how AM radio have been the medium of choice for tech-savvy conservatives during the years of Reagan and Bush, the Internet have been the broadcasting tool for the online Trump supporters. Conservatives' favorite punching bag have been the well-to-do elites from the coasts, who are seen as unattached to a locality. However, by using the Internet, the Very Online Right can broadcast their views from anywhere in the world." https://musicallyspeaking.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-the-very-online-right #IRLCommentatorCandaceOwens #VlogLouderWithCrowderLWCStevenCrowder #TalkbackRadioTheClayTravisAndBuckSextonShow #TalkbackRadioTheJesseKellyShow ^[Wikipedia] #NMUSFOXFNCDanBongino #NMUSOneAmericaNewsNetworkOANNJackPosobiec #VlogJoeRoganExperienceJRE #IRLEntrepreneurElonMusk #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyTulsiGabbard

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#AdvocacyTurningPointTPUSACharlieKirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqU7D_ONJQs&t=1s #CatchcryFreeSpeechFreedomOfSpeech #CatchcryAltRightCounterCulture #CatchcryIdeologicalDiversity #ConspiracyTheory_CulturalMarxism #TheoryMarxism #IdentityConservative #CauseActivismConservative #MetaphorVersusUsThemPatriotismIsLoveCriticismIsHate #EpistemologyAmateurExegeteAutodidact

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#IRLAuthorPeterJukes "Viewed against that history, Musk's line about 'abolishing' the EU ^{[tweet] [jpeg]} is more than a libertarian thought experiment. It condenses the political slogans of Trumpism and Brexit into one sentence: the nation-state as the only legitimate unit of sovereignty; supranational institutions as inherently undemocratic; the EU as something done to people, not by them. Medvedev's one-word response - 'Exactly' - makes plain how neatly this dovetails with Moscow's long-term ambitions. As former president and now deputy chair of Russia's Security Council, he has become one of the regime's most aggressive public voices, regularly threatening Europe with escalation and calling for a remade world order. When he endorses the abolition of the EU, he is not being rhetorical; he is restating a core Kremlin objective that has underpinned years of covert finance, disinformation and interference. The screenshot collapses those agendas into a single image: a leading Russian official cheerleading the destruction of the EU, and a tech mogul with his hand on the levers of global speech amplifying the same idea." https://pdjukes.substack.com/p/musk-medvedev-and-the-long-war-on #OrgEU #OrgClassifPPRUSUnitedRussiaDmitryMedvedev ^[tweet] #PhenomnBrexit

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#EDUUKUniversityOfGlasgowRebeccaHarrison "Since its rise to power, the First Order has obsessively undermined the ideologies of the former New Republic, which calls to mind Trump repealing Obama-era legislation in areas such as health and welfare. In spreading fear among citizens and dismantling liberal institutions, its leaders also resemble ordinary businessmen and politicians. Where, in The Force Awakens, Kylo harboured fantasies of being the next Darth Vader, here Snoke sneers that he should 'take that ridiculous' mask off. Facing Luke Skywalker in a duel, Kylo also removes his cloak. Dressed in a grey suit, he is less Darth Vader and more Donald Trump Jr. The First Order's arch enemy, General Leia Organa, meanwhile stands in for Hillary Clinton - another woman with too little support for her political agenda, with the air of a lost cause, whose loyalists happen to be much more ethnically diverse than their opponents. This latter difference is thrown into sharp relief when the white Captain Phasma attempts to destroy Finn and Rose, two Resistance fighters of colour, calling them 'scum'. Not overt racism, but reminiscent of a US administration that has advocated racist policies." https://theconversation.com/the-last-jedi-latest-star-wars-is-a-fable-for-our-post-truth-times-89256 #FictionalCharacterStarWarsDarthVader #FictionalCharacterStarWarsSupremeLeaderSnoke ^[Wikipedia] #IRLBusinesspersonDonaldTrumpJr #FictionalCharacterStarWarsPrincessLeia #OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticPartyHillaryClinton #FictionalCharacterStarWarsCaptainPhasma ^[Wikipedia] #FictionalCharacterStarWarsFinn ^[Wikipedia] #FictionalCharacterStarWarsRoseTico ^[Wikipedia]

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#MagazineUSMotherJonesAnnaMerlan "Last week, conservative influencer Isabel Brown celebrated 100 episodes of her podcast, where she sings the praises of motherhood, frets about the dangers of open borders, and asks rhetorical questions about homosexuality and what she frequently terms 'radical' Islam. To celebrate, Brown had a party thrown by the Daily Wire, the right-wing site that hosts her podcast. The event was also sponsored by Meta, the mega-company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, among other sites. The decorations included an archway that read 'Seeking Truth to Save The West,' underneath the words 'Presented by Meta' and the company's logo. An Instagram post from Brown celebrating the party thanked 'my amazing team at the Daily Wire and our friends at Meta for throwing me the cutest 'save the west' party right in the heart of dc,' and reiterated that the tech company had made 'this special celebration possible.'" https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/isabel-brown-show-meta-islam/ #BrandTheDailyWirePolemicistIsabelBrown ^{[digital archives]} #BrandTechMetaMarkZuckerberg #PhenomnSexualityHomosexuality #CharacterisationRadicalFundamentalismIslamic

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#VlogLegalEagleDevinJamesStone ^[channel] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnJ6Ttaiu9M #PhenomnPropagandaUsefulIdiot #NMRURussiaTodayRT #ToponymEuropeUkraine #2022_InvasionOfUkraine #WebsiteNewsmaxBennyJohnson #IRLYouTuberMattChristiansenAKASkagg_3 #OrgUSFedDptOfJusticeDOJ ^{[digital archives]} #BrandTenetMediaTaylerHansen ^[Wikipedia] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/business/media/russia-tenet-media-tim-pool.html #IRLCommentatorLaurenChen #IRLDogmatistLaurenSouthern

#MemeJessicaStarrAKALukeCrywalker #MemeFickiFiona

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Supplementary #IRLScholarTimothySnyder "This is because many of our imaginations are trapped by a single and rather unlikely variant of how the war ends: with a nuclear detonation. I think we are drawn to this scenario, in part, because we seem to lack other variants, and it feels like an ending.  Using the mushroom cloud for narrative closure, though, generates anxiety and hinders clear thinking. Focusing on that scenario rather than on the more probable ones prevents us from seeing what is actually happening, and from preparing for the more likely possible futures" (5 October 2022). https://snyder.substack.com/p/how-does-the-russo-ukrainian-war #NarrativeWarWWIII 

"@jasonintrator @nytimes The New York Times has about 3 or 4 columnists who write specifically about woke issues, but not one who writes specifically about global fascism." #NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimes #PoliticsFascism #EDUUSYaleUniversityJasonStanley: ^[tweet]

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Supplementary #2025_WeStudyFascismAndWereLeavingTheUS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXR9PByA9SY https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/opinion/yale-canada-fascism.html / https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010157022/yale-canada-fascism.html #EDUUSYaleUniversity #ToponymAmericaNorthCanada #IRLScholarMarciShore #IRLScholarTimothySnyder #PoliticsGeoExceptionalismAmerican #PhenomnShowPageantry

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#NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSAmanpourAndCompany https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKAdujuHvuQ #PoliticsAuthoritarianism #CatchcryFreedomAcademic #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump47thPresident

"The true face of 'awakening' WOKE"

#PoliticsFascismNazi #MemeBeThatGuy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/third_amendment #LegislationUS1792ConstAmdt3 #IRLScholarTimothySnyder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6fpu_9S31c #PleaLawAndOrder

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Context critical of perspectives caught up in #PleaNostalgia, which #IRLScholarTimothySnyder characterises as the #TheoryPoliticsOfEternity e.g. ones projecting #TheoryDeclinism sentiment.

#PleaLawAndOrder #2020_CapitolSiege #ConspiracyTheory_TheGreatAwakening #OrgSyndicateMilitiaUSProudBoys

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Context #NMUKITVChannel4NewsKrishnanGuruMurthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUZizitn5v4 #IRLScholarTimothySnyder #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch ^[Wikipedia]

#OrgClassifPPUSDemocraticParty #CauseBlackLivesMatterBLM #MetaphorDiseaseMental #CauseFeminism

#ReasoningFallacyAppealToTraditionValues

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Context this image is a #CharacterisationDerivativeWorkCoOption. The original, full-frame illustration shows a #MetaphorVersusSideBySideDiptych comparison of a mother and her daughter. This version has been cropped significantly. The illustration was created by #CaricaturistLaineyMolnar ^[forum] Unlike this cropped version, the original presents a positive interpretation, where "Me at age 31" represents a contemporary, #NarrativeValuesCosmopolitan and #PoliticsLiberalismLiberalWorldview as contrasted with the depiction of a #PhenomnRoleMarriageHousewife and #PhenomnRoleFamilyMother as per "My mom at age 31" reference. The implication is that the change is the positive consequence of changing attitudes and presumably, the impact of #CauseFeminismWomensLiberationMovementWLM

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Addendum #IRLSociologistAndreasReckwitz "instead of constructing an antagonistic clash between various cultures (and their cultural patterns), I would like to argue that in late modernity we witness a much more antagonism between what I call, 'regimens of culturalisation': not cultures facing off against each other but, more fundamentally two contrary conceptions of what culture means, and therefore two contrary formers, which the cultural sphere is organised. In late modernity a wide-ranging, culturalisation of 'the social' is taking place, however it has two forms, that are very different from each other: Culturalisation1 as I would like to call it, can be observed as a culturalisation of forms of life and sort of global cultural market: here cultural good compete for the subjects who are striving for individual self-realisation. This is what I would call #TheoryHyperculture. Culturalisation2 is a different regimen. This culturalisation aims at collectives, and sets them up as communities sharing an identity and a set of morals. It employs, a strict inside/outside dualism, and follows the model of homogeneous communities created as 'imagined communities': this constellation I would call #TheoryCulturalEssentialism. #TheoryModernityLate (and #TheoryModernityLiquid as defined by #IRLSociologistZygmuntBauman) is marked by conflict between these two regimens of culturalisation, which has led to a contradictory constellation of opening and closure." (transcript of video extract running from 4:03 to 5:36). https://www.mmg.mpg.de/342842/online-lecture-2019-02-27-reckwitz See pages 14-15 in Reckwitz, A. and V. A. Pakis (2021). 'The End of Illusions: Politics, Economy, and Culture in Late Modernity'. Cambridge, UK, Polity Press Cambridge, UK. ^[Worldcat] In some senses, this conceptualisation of 'hyperculture' and 'cultural essentialism' feels reminiscent of #IRLSociologistFerdinandTonnies' #TheorySociologySocialRelationshipsGesellschaft (individual oriented, business and commerce dominate) and #TheorySociologySocialRelationshipsGemeinschaft (group oriented, tradition dominates) ^[Folksonomy] Also #IRLHistoricalFigureEmileDurkheim Given this, Tonnies' theory was directed towards understanding the transformation from the pre-urban to the urban, not late modernity as per Reckwitz theorisation. Interestingly, the conceptualisation provides some explanation for antagonism towards #TheoryGlobalisation, exemplified by the #OtheringElitesGlobal caricaturisation as proffered by #PoliticsConservatismSocialSoCon.s Reckwitz's point about: "subjects who are striving for individual self-realisation", might tie into #IRLPhilosopherLouisAlthusser's #TheoryInterpellation (this needs to be explored further). Additionally, #IRLScholarTimothySnyder's #TheoryPoliticsOfInevitability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eghl19elKk8&t=87s feels reminiscent of (at least how Reckwitz explains it), Fukuyama's #1992_TheEndOfHistoryAndTheLastMan theory.

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#IRLSociologistMaxWeber, #IRLScientistPoliticalSamuelHuntington #1996_TheClashOfCivilizations #MetaphorSpatialContainerOpenClosed #IRLScientistPoliticalYoshihiroFrancisFukuyama #IRLScientistPoliticalShmuelEisenstadt / #TheoryModernitiesMultiple ^{[academic source]} #IRLScholarDanielLerner ^[Wikipedia] #IRLSociologistAlexInkeles #IRLSociologistPeterWagner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GphbeoJowwE&t=255s #IRLPhilosopherJeanFrancoisLyotard #IRLSociologistEdwardShils ^[Wikipedia]

#PleaNostalgia #TheoryDeclinism (golden age thinking / rosy retrospection / wistfulness yearning / reminiscence) #CharacterisationWeaknessHypersensitivity #CharacterisationWeaknessSnowflake #PolicyUSFarmSecurityAdministrationFSA ^[Wikipedia] (versus #PhenomnAgricultureFarmingIntensive?)

#PleaAuthenticity #TheoryCodedMasculinityOverRugged #PleaNostalgiaRetrospection

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Context #IRLScholarTimothySnyder's #TheoryPoliticsOfEternity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eghl19elKk8&t=367s

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Supplementary #WebsiteInternetEncyclopediaOfPhilosophyAshleyWoodward "For Lyotard change is life affirming, whereas the stable structures that inhibit change are nihilistic and life denying. However, Lyotard does not simply assert libidinal intensity as an affirmative 'other' to nihilism. For Lyotard, there is no affirmative region, no pure outside to nihilism. Lyotard does not propose that we champion affects, singularities, intensities and libidinal energy over systems, structures, theory, concepts and representation. This is because the only way libidinal energies can exist is within structures. Lyotard does not advocate a simple liberation of desire and does not attempt to set up a place beyond representation which would be immune to the effects of nihilism. Lyotard presents us, rather, with a metaphysical system in which intensities and structures are both essential elements of the libidinal economy." ^{[encyclopædia]}

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Addendum #IRLPhilosopherJeanFrancoisLyotard's #TheoryPhilosophyLibidinal clearly contrasts with #PleaOrderNaturalEquilibrium as per a #PoliticsLiberalismClassical perspective (evoked above).

#2018_WhyObviousLiesMakeGreatPropaganda https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknYtlOvaQ0 Maza, C., Lowndes, C., Boone, H., & Scheltens, L. (2018, 31 August 2018). 'Why obvious lies make great propaganda', Vox Media. https://www.vox.com/2018/8/31/17804104/strikethrough-lies-propaganda-trump-putin #WebsiteVoxCarlosMaza, #WebsiteVoxColemanLowndes, #WebsiteVoxHunterBoone, #WebsiteVoxLizScheltens

#AdvocacyUSRANDCorporationChristopherPaul and #AdvocacyUSRANDCorporationMiriamMatthews, The Russian 'Firehose of Falsehood' Propaganda Model: Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html #TheoryAlternativeFacts #MetaphorDeceitLugenpresseFakeNews #MetaphorDeceitFakeReality #TheoryFirehoseOfFalsehood #MetaphorWarfareActiveMeasures

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Context #IRLScholarTimothySnyder https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1844108355590 #ConspiracyTheory_StolenElectionBigLie #TheoryPeriodizationPostTruth Pre #PoliticsFascism #IdentityLGBTQIATransTranny #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch #TauntImpeachment #TheoryAffectiveResponseIncitementOfInsurrection #OtheringDiscriminationRacism #PoliticsNationalismAmerican #OtheringLegitimacyQuestioning #PoliticsGeoExceptionalismAmerican #CauseEquality #_Focal

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Supplementary In this fallacy one argues, 'I feel it, so it must be true. My feelings are valid, so you have no right to criticize what I say or do, or how I say or do it.' This latter is also a fallacy of stasis, confusing a respectful and reasoned response or refutation with personal invalidation, disrespect, prejudice, bigotry, sexism, homophobia or hostility. ... 'Alternate Facts' work to 'put you off balance,' 'control the story,' and 'make you think you're crazy,' and she notes that 'presenting alternate facts is the hallmark of untrustworthy people.' The Alternative Truth fallacy is related to the Big Lie Technique. See also Gaslighting, Blind Loyalty, The Big Brain/Little Brain Fallacy, and Two Truths https://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm #IRLPhilosopherHannahArendt #ReasoningFallacyAffective #TauntGaslighting #MemeSmallBrainYellingAtBigBrain #OtheringDenialPrejudice

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/01/28/bullshit-asymmetry-principle/

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"It has frequently been noticed that the surest long-term result of brainwashing is a peculiar kind of cynicism--an absolute refusal to believe in the truth of anything, no matter how well this truth may be established. In other words, the result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be de-famed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world and the category of truth vs. falsehood is among the mental means to this end is--being destroyed" (Hannah Arendt, 1967, p.82). ^[pdf]

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#NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesEzraKlein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QLgLfqh6s&t=17s #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineMichaelKirk, #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineGabrielleSchonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5xxlajTW0&t=5205s (17 March 2019). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/steve-bannon-2/ #IRLPoliticalStrategistSteveBannon #MetaphorWarfareMuzzleVelocity #NMUSFOXFNCMegynKelly #IRLPoliticalAdvisorStephenMiller

https://datasociety.net/library/searching-for-alternative-facts/ ^[pdf] (May 2018) #_Focal #TheoryAlternativeFacts

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Supplementary https://ftripodi.com/ #EDUUSUniversityOfNorthCarolinaChapelHillUNC

Published as part of the #TauntMediaManipulation research initiative funded by #OrgUSDataAndSociety http://datasociety.net/people/tripodi-francesca/ #_UnwokeUnawake #IRLScholarFrancescaTripodi #EpistemologyAmateurExegeteGooglingStuffAsResearch / #EpistemologyAmateurExegeteScripturalInference #TheoryPsychologySchemaTheory #PhenomnRadicalisationAltRightPipeline

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Supplementary #IRLScholarTimothySnyder (Ep. 13) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAObqEu_tbg&t=845s #PoliticsFascismCyber

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#TVAUABCAdenCotterill "Why are so many Christians to be found in the ranks of today's conspiracy theorists? Just consider the popularity of a movement like QAnon -- which claims that Donald Trump is waging a secret war against 'a worldwide cabal of Satan-worshipping paedophiles' -- among evangelicals." https://www.abc.net.au/religion/why-are-christians-susceptible-to-conspiracy-theories/13003550 #BeliefTheismChristianityBibleScripture #ConspiracyTheory_ #ConspiracyTheory_CabalQAnon #PowerControlViolationPaedophilia