Brtblutwo
Banned
- Joined
- Feb 6, 2016
- Messages
- 64
- Reaction score
- 30
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Other
.
Lloyd Gruber, the author of the article at the link below, “I’m Sorry-I Badly Underestimated Trump’s Appeal”, admits he viewed the “Trump phenomenon” as fleeting part of the political process. Since he is a political scientist, the mistake he made is understandable. The success Trump is enjoying is not that of a concerned political candidate, it is nothing more than his ability to tap into the primitive mob mentality of white conservatives.
As stated by Dr. Wendy James, Ph.D. in addressing mob mentality and violence, “One dog may bark at you but it’s more likely that a pack will attack you.” The Donald is that barking dog. His mindless generalizations used in the verbal attacks he launches on targeted individuals and groups validate the hatred and intolerance already rampant in his bigoted supporters.
During the past few decades the Republican Party carefully developed the conservatives’ mistaken belief that they have the right to reinterpret Bible quotations and Constitutional law in ways to justify forcing their oppressive agenda on people of the United States and the world. This “right to reinterpret” asserted by most conservatives has been exploited by Trump to a far greater extent than any Republican candidate dared attempt in the past.
Trump is constantly hurling racist accusations, homophobic and xenophobic rants, and he has taken the misogyny of the GOP to levels never seen before. Until the Trump presidential campaign, such hate-speech was confined to KKK rallies, lynch mobs, and the backyard bar-b-ques of drunken, wife-beating rednecks.
Trump's skill at manipulating the minds of his supporters makes it most likely that the violent protests at his political events are orchestrated by Trump himself. It is a ploy to further instill the mob mindset necessary to his success. The simple minds of his supporters are incapable of suspecting there new hero of such duplicity.
Realizing this, Lloyd Gruber need not apologize for underestimating Trump's appeal to the bigoted right wing. What Gruber believed to be a political campaign snowballed, and is continuing to expose the extremely negative psychological aspect of human behavior known as mob mentality.
Hopefully, this will be the most shameful point of U.S. history during the 21st century. A brief era that will provide lessons so embarrassing to the U.S public they will never permit them to be repeated.
http://www.newsweek.com/im-sorry-badly-underestimated-trump-appeal-465343
The Psychology of Mob Mentality and Violence | Dr. Wendy James, Ph.D.
.
Lloyd Gruber, the author of the article at the link below, “I’m Sorry-I Badly Underestimated Trump’s Appeal”, admits he viewed the “Trump phenomenon” as fleeting part of the political process. Since he is a political scientist, the mistake he made is understandable. The success Trump is enjoying is not that of a concerned political candidate, it is nothing more than his ability to tap into the primitive mob mentality of white conservatives.
As stated by Dr. Wendy James, Ph.D. in addressing mob mentality and violence, “One dog may bark at you but it’s more likely that a pack will attack you.” The Donald is that barking dog. His mindless generalizations used in the verbal attacks he launches on targeted individuals and groups validate the hatred and intolerance already rampant in his bigoted supporters.
During the past few decades the Republican Party carefully developed the conservatives’ mistaken belief that they have the right to reinterpret Bible quotations and Constitutional law in ways to justify forcing their oppressive agenda on people of the United States and the world. This “right to reinterpret” asserted by most conservatives has been exploited by Trump to a far greater extent than any Republican candidate dared attempt in the past.
Trump is constantly hurling racist accusations, homophobic and xenophobic rants, and he has taken the misogyny of the GOP to levels never seen before. Until the Trump presidential campaign, such hate-speech was confined to KKK rallies, lynch mobs, and the backyard bar-b-ques of drunken, wife-beating rednecks.
Trump's skill at manipulating the minds of his supporters makes it most likely that the violent protests at his political events are orchestrated by Trump himself. It is a ploy to further instill the mob mindset necessary to his success. The simple minds of his supporters are incapable of suspecting there new hero of such duplicity.
Realizing this, Lloyd Gruber need not apologize for underestimating Trump's appeal to the bigoted right wing. What Gruber believed to be a political campaign snowballed, and is continuing to expose the extremely negative psychological aspect of human behavior known as mob mentality.
Hopefully, this will be the most shameful point of U.S. history during the 21st century. A brief era that will provide lessons so embarrassing to the U.S public they will never permit them to be repeated.
http://www.newsweek.com/im-sorry-badly-underestimated-trump-appeal-465343
The Psychology of Mob Mentality and Violence | Dr. Wendy James, Ph.D.
.