You're warm. They push messages specifically designed to play on our fears. Our fears are strong motivators. They'll get us to vote. Authoritarians play on our fears because it puts them in the position to say, "Vote for me, because I alone can protect you from your fears." 1/
Note that Bannon, Cambridge Analytica, Trump and Moscow all push messages of bigotry, fear, authoritarianism and conspiracy. This isn’t in the best interests of America. In fact, these ideas are designed to weaken us. Honorable leaders always promote equality, liberty and truth.
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Inspirational leaders are able to successfully appeal to our better instincts. They push messages of inclusiveness, generosity - love, frankly. So it's love vs. fear, and as individuals we have evolved to respond more strongly to fear. So love has an uphill climb. 2/
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I wrote about whether this is by design:https://www.justsecurity.org/54142/cambridge-analytica-leverage-russian-disinformation-trump/ …
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Patterns we’ve seen before and as they progressed it just became normalized. Many psych studies have been done on how easily people can forget their ethics and do things their conscience should stop them from doing when an authority figure leads them into itpic.twitter.com/C9y0FMUp6l
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I agree but I recently saw a tweet from you before election suggesting that Hillary Clinton and Trump were the same. This was a dangerous and obviously false equivalency. I was so disappointed to see you suggest this. Please apologize for this so we can trust you going forward.
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This EXACTLY why Trump got in office and keeps getting support. It's like saying a parking violator and a serial killer are both lawbreakers, so we shouldn't take that into account when deciding between them
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These men are not honorable. They are bullies who are actually cowards. They desperately want to be viewed as alpha males to appear strong. Strong men do not have to intimidate or push fear tactics. Men who are confident push equality, and are not afraid of liberty or truth
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We need to reinstate laws for fair and balanced reporting. We need laws to protect us from fake news stories. People were cruelly manipulated causing irreparable damage to our society...worse stories will come out. How many hate crimes were inspired? Lives ruined?
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The right wing, alt right, GOP playbook is all about fear mongering...that's how Bush and Cheney got their war, and they're still using it
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Evan's comment is critically important I believe. The
#AnalyticaScandal is beyond our worse fears. I believe that the#MuellerInvestigation will reveal more about the Bannon, Trump, Moscow triumvirate and also implicate other GOP. Horrific!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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