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Author, 'Red Pill, Blue Pill: How to Counteract the Conspiracy Theories That Are Killing Us' (Prometheus, 2020). Staff writer @DailyKos. I block shitheads.

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    David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

    1) Donald Trump’s press conference Wednesday, and the responses to it, are an important and perhaps historic moment, beyond the controversy. It made irrevocably clear that Trump intends to rule as an authoritarian, and his followers want that. Ridiculously long thread follows.pic.twitter.com/CmwoUunWLe

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      2. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        David Neiwert Retweeted Greg Sargent

        2) @ThePlumLine has already limned the authoritarian nature of the behavior of both Trump and his minions in searing detail. I urge everyone to read this thread so they can understand the dynamic at work here.https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1060498595659558912 …

        David Neiwert added,

        Greg SargentVerified account @ThePlumLineGS
        1) Sarah Sanders is flagrantly lying about what happened with @acosta, to justify punishing a reporter for holding Trump accountable. People seem baffled. How could the White House lie about something that's on video, where everyone can see what really happened? *Thread*
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      3. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        3) This is hardly the first time Trump has attempted to assert that his version of reality is the only legitimate one, and that all others are “fake.” It’s been a trademark of his tenure. He uses the gap as a wedge to drive his followers closer. https://bit.ly/2JOX8Tb 

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      4. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        4) This chaos is by design, something Trump positively cultivated, following the pattern set by authoritarians throughout history – using the turmoil to create so much uncertainty that his rigid positions eventually come to define the general consensus.https://nyti.ms/2OhVqdN 

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      5. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        5) On Wednesday, you could also see Alt-America – the epistemological bubble the American right has built, an alternative universe comprised of “alternative facts” and conspiracy theories – asserting itself. This is part of the authoritarian creep.https://bit.ly/2hVtzSQ 

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      6. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        6) Now, when most of us hear the term or think about authoritarianism, we usually do so in the context of the leaders throughout history who have headed up authoritarian regimes – everyone from Napoleon to Hitler and Stalin to any number of petty banana-republic dictators.pic.twitter.com/t8CR7AuxIz

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      7. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        7) But that’s not what makes authoritarianism work, or not the whole story. No authoritarian regime has ever existed without a substantial portion of the population it rules actively supporting and preferring it. They all have large armies of followers who sustain them in power.pic.twitter.com/7khoDXzySZ

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      8. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        8) So to understand authoritarianism, it’s essential first to understand the distinctive personality types that are attracted to it and support it. Because this what is keeping Donald Trump’s presidency afloat, and what makes it a threat to democracy itself.pic.twitter.com/2EdC1Ldpxz

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      9. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        9) What follows is largely derived from two essential works on the subject: Robert Altemeyer’s _The Authoritarians_, and Marc Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler’s _Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics_. https://bit.ly/2JRXMiH  https://amzn.to/2DbAGSU 

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      10. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        10) As these psychologists have explored, most people have some level of authoritarian tendencies, but these are often leveled out by such factors as personal empathy and critical thinking skills, which tend to lead to a less black-and-white view of the world.pic.twitter.com/ydrGJhgSH4

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      11. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        11) Nor is authoritarianism relegated just to the right side of the political aisle. There are also left-wing authoritarians, as any survivor of Stalinist Russia can attest. Theirs is a variation wherein the desired utopian rule becomes the objective.pic.twitter.com/lNuoXhxWf3

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      12. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        12) Current Fox propaganda notwithstanding, these authoritarian tendencies on the left remain comparatively muted. Most mainstream Democrats fall well into the zone of personality types that are resistant to authoritarianism, even if they underestimate it.pic.twitter.com/8npStC8yIN

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      13. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        13) I say “comparatively” mainly because we are currently awash in a flood tide of right-wing authoritarianism. As I document in #AltAmerica, it has been growing steadily in the USA since the 1990s, and is now reaching a zenith never seen here before. https://amzn.to/2FdHrpP 

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      14. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        14) Are right-wing authoritarians born or made? Probably a combination of both, though it’s clear that people’s authoritarian tendencies increase the more fearful they are. Identifying a threat and forming a focus on it are essential to shaping these personalities.pic.twitter.com/0vKuFRkCHB

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      15. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        15) Some are wired this way from birth. Early theories on authoritarian personalities, now largely discredited, argued for a Freudian model in which harsh rearing environments and traumas produce people who insist on a world in which strong authorities produce order and peace.pic.twitter.com/neTzTJ8wIE

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      16. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        16) Most analysis today finds that it usually depends on circumstances. Because it is innate to human personalities, it can remain latent during periods when people do not perceive a threat, and increase when they do.https://bit.ly/2pNWt9N 

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      17. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        17) Periods of intense social change also can produce authoritarian backlash, as such changes are often perceived by some personalities as a kind of threat. This is why civil-rights advances, such as #BLM, have so often been perceived as an attack on whites.pic.twitter.com/TU49cKrRN0

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      18. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        18) Right-wing authoritarian (RWA) personalities are built around three behavioral and attitudinal clusters, which are closely related groups of human psychology that essentially shape our worldviews.

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      19. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        19) First: Authoritarian submission. This is the eager adherence to edicts, rulings, and opinions of the authorities and leaders who are deemed legitimate, built around the belief that a civil, ordered, and secure society requires such submission.pic.twitter.com/ncnS5JpaFm

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      20. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        20) Next: Authoritarian aggression. This is the physical, verbal, and social aggression displayed toward anyone or any trend that runs counter to those authorities, or in the case of leadership, is deemed illegitimate.pic.twitter.com/q3a7lJY0AB

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      21. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        21) Finally: Conventionalism. The adamant embrace of what is perceived as the social norm and the “real” national identity, and the belief that oneself reflects that “real” identity.pic.twitter.com/ePvjgWqvfO

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      22. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        22) These three clusters interact in myriad ways, and produce a long list of identifiable traits. Altemeyer in particular has identified about a dozen such traits.

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      23. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        23) They are highly ethnocentric, inclined to see the world as their in-group versus everyone else.pic.twitter.com/pvgmoyRvxk

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      24. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        David Neiwert Retweeted Dinesh D'Souza

        24) They are highly fearful of a dangerous world.https://twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1054106626318192640 …

        David Neiwert added,

        Dinesh D'SouzaVerified account @DineshDSouza
        Is there any doubt that if Democrats saw this outside their homes they would lock all the doors and call 911? pic.twitter.com/yyjrV9SIRN
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      25. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        25) They are highly self-righteous.pic.twitter.com/6Jmh0vG2eF

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      26. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        26) They are aggressive.pic.twitter.com/O1Lnt2XVph

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      27. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        27) They are highly prejudiced against racial and ethnic majorities, non-heterosexuals, and women in general.pic.twitter.com/vlt5pvLql6

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      28. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        28) Their beliefs are a mass of contradictions, dependent on compartmentalized thinking.pic.twitter.com/Mr97iBekQ2

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      29. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        29) They reason poorly, and they are prone to projection.pic.twitter.com/dEmNzH2iW8

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      30. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        30) They are highly dogmatic.pic.twitter.com/9c9aV4puwA

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      31. David Neiwert‏ @DavidNeiwert 12 Nov 2018

        31) They are very dependent on social reinforcement of their beliefs.pic.twitter.com/elSo7VfKu6

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