It also means that repeating nonstop Trump criticism might backfire and help him to get re-elected. Even if all the criticism is fully justified, it will annoy those voters that are not strongly anti-Trump and stimulate them to spite his critics.
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It may seem counterintuitive, but in a divided country like this, the only way to defeat Trump in the field of public opinion might be to ignore him. Since he is very good at triggering reactions, that won't happen and he can probably only defeated by impeachment.
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Welcome to human psychology. Cognitive bias holds many, even the highly intelligent, back.
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I even read a study that says that it affects highly intelligent people even more, but I worry that the study may have been written by highly intelligent people
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Geeez. Will you finally stop singing this song when facism is fully established`?
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I hope you are being ironic. The above holds independently of particular political camps. And if fascism is established I won't get to sing any of my songs.
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I would as well blame the medium: Twitter is not really made for listening to balanced arguments.
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I am unaware of any participative medium that does a very good job at balanced arguments across political camps. On Twitter, the difference might be that political camps are confronted with each other more than elsewhere.
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This is a computational phenomenon due to a dramatic increase in complexity: as the world becomes more complex, the need for narrative becomes more pressing (narrrative being a compression mechanism for the mind).
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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