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I often watch Rachel Maddow to hear what the extreme left is saying. Some of her nonsense is actually comical and entertaining.
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I often watch Rachel Maddow to hear what the extreme left is saying. Some of her nonsense is actually comical and entertaining.
Ya….exactly how I feel about when I can even for a second, listen to Hannity...and, since we are posting things from our own slants, this is one issue regarding the H1N1 flu (which I got, it was awful...) that I listened to because my husband watches Hannity (yes I have to share our one tv...it is not easy)
https://www.politifact.com/factchec...ent-obama-declared-h1n1-public-health-emerge/
To say that Barack Obama did a lousy job handling this outbreak as opposed to Trump is handling it...? This was the gist of his (Hannity) reporting. Oh, and btw? I was not a fan of many things his (Obama) Presidency, but you can at least say this...he was/still is... a decent man.
You can say it, but I won’t agree with it. ��. I think the last decent man to hold that office was Bush I (and I wasn’t a big fan).
Ya….exactly how I feel about when I can even for a second, listen to Hannity...and, since we are posting things from our own slants, this is one issue regarding the H1N1 flu (which I got, it was awful...) that I listened to because my husband watches Hannity (yes I have to share our one tv...it is not easy)
https://www.politifact.com/factchec...ent-obama-declared-h1n1-public-health-emerge/
To say that Barack Obama did a lousy job handling this outbreak as opposed to Trump is handling it...? This was the gist of his (Hannity) reporting. Oh, and btw? I was not a fan of many things his (Obama) Presidency, but you can at least say this...he was/still is... a decent man.
You can say it, but I won’t agree with it.. I think the last decent man to hold that office was Bush I (and I wasn’t a big fan).
I don’t want a “decent man” running the country. I want a leader. Sorry, Obama was a disaster.
No apologies needed...I know, all that health care was a disaster. People will live thanks to it...or die from a lack of it....during this health crisis.
Ya….exactly how I feel about when I can even for a second, listen to Hannity...and, since we are posting things from our own slants, this is one issue regarding the H1N1 flu (which I got, it was awful...) that I listened to because my husband watches Hannity (yes I have to share our one tv...it is not easy)
https://www.politifact.com/factchec...ent-obama-declared-h1n1-public-health-emerge/
To say that Barack Obama did a lousy job handling this outbreak as opposed to Trump is handling it...? This was the gist of his (Hannity) reporting. Oh, and btw? I was not a fan of many things his (Obama) Presidency, but you can at least say this...he was/still is... a decent man.
+1 Backatcha scoreboardI don’t want a “decent man” running the country. I want a leader. Sorry, Obama was a disaster.
For the record Ref, I can't take Hannity. Ferrchrissakes, get another TV in that house of yours:/
Yeah. I like her too and Tucker Carlson.I’m not a Hannity fan either. But I do like Laura Ingraham. She’s a straight shooter.
For the record Ref, I can't take Hannity. Ferrchrissakes, get another TV in that house of yours:/
Group Think occurs when individual thinking is undermined to stay within the comfort zone of the consensus. Dissent by group members may be discouraged and unquestioned belief in the group's competence surfaces. I encountered this phenomena in mountaineering. It shows up when the weather turns bad, or the avalanche/crevasse threat increases, or when members of the climbing team show symptoms of altitude sickness. Diverse opinions occur concerning whether to turn back or keep climbing.
Arguments can take place surrounding what to do and if the conversation deteriorates then opinions concerning fortitude and irresponsibility surface. Should the decision be made to climb or retreat. There is a potential for error in either decision. In the end it comes down to which error a person is willing to make. In hypothesis testing they call it a Type I or a Type II error. Do you want to head down and risk not gaining the summit, or do you want to head up and risk personal injuries, particularly on the subsequent descent.
I suspect there are similarities in operation during this CoVid 19 pandemic. Which error do you want to make? Do you want to believe that social isolation is warranted and it is not foolish behavior fueled by risk aversive individuals, or do you want to believe that social isolation is unwarranted and it is foolish behavior fueled by risk aversive individuals?
In a perfect world all mountaineers make the right decision and all return alive. In a perfect world.
Group Think occurs when individual thinking is undermined to stay within the comfort zone of the consensus. Dissent by group members may be discouraged and unquestioned belief in the group's competence surfaces. I encountered this phenomena in mountaineering. It shows up when the weather turns bad, or the avalanche/crevasse threat increases, or when members of the climbing team show symptoms of altitude sickness. Diverse opinions occur concerning whether to turn back or keep climbing.
Arguments can take place surrounding what to do and if the conversation deteriorates then opinions concerning fortitude and irresponsibility surface. Should the decision be made to climb or retreat. There is a potential for error in either decision. In the end it comes down to which error a person is willing to make. In hypothesis testing they call it a Type I or a Type II error. Do you want to head down and risk not gaining the summit, or do you want to head up and risk personal injuries, particularly on the subsequent descent.
I suspect there are similarities in operation during this CoVid 19 pandemic. Which error do you want to make? Do you want to believe that social isolation is warranted and it is not foolish behavior fueled by risk aversive individuals, or do you want to believe that social isolation is unwarranted and it is foolish behavior fueled by risk aversive individuals?
In a perfect world all mountaineers make the right decision and all return alive. In a perfect world.
Glad I checked in, and thanks for the post, sonar. I think this kind of largely distills things pertaining to where we are with this current situation. It probably depends on everyone's personal life experience. I can say, speaking only for myself, that once upon a time, I was a risk averse person. There were some landmark events earlier in my life that changed my perspective, only because after certain observations and realizations, and some hard decisions (at the time), I re-wired how I thought about things involving risk. That change has led to a lot of positive outcomes (and very few negatives - far less than I ever imagined) which I frankly never would have experienced had I taken the risk averse route. Does that color my thinking here? Absolutely.
The term "better safe than sorry", to me … you might as well drag fingernails across a chalkboard.
"Fortune favors the brave" is too trite - plus, the modern day takes on concepts like "bravery" and "heroism" have been watered down so much it's nauseating - but its cousin "The harder I work, the luckier I get" feels like a better, more genuine fit, if there's one rule to how I tend to do things.
I'm far from a reckless person, and I've said on here before that if I had symptoms, I would "do the right thing" and isolate. But I don't, so I want to live my life. And I'm also a keen observer of behavioral trends, and the latest endless stream of supposedly "existential threats" has got my BS detector working OT. And we've got an irresponsible, horrendously partisan MSM, joined at the hip with unelected government operatives at every turn, pounding out these narratives, one after the other, ad nauseum.
We were fed 3+ years of Russia-Russia-Russia. Baseless. An alleged "whistleblower" who used to work for Joe Biden - and who mysteriously never surfaced - was the basis for the Ukraine crap. Again, baseless. 50% of about 50 US deaths to date from one (1) nursing home facility in Washington State … and all of this crap is timed to hit the fan immediately after the Dems' race for the nomination has been virtually decided? Color me skeptical. Very skeptical. Over and out.
Glad I checked in, and thanks for the post, sonar. I think this kind of largely distills things pertaining to where we are with this current situation. It probably depends on everyone's personal life experience. I can say, speaking only for myself, that once upon a time, I was a risk averse person. There were some landmark events earlier in my life that changed my perspective, only because after certain observations and realizations, and some hard decisions (at the time), I re-wired how I thought about things involving risk. That change has led to a lot of positive outcomes (and very few negatives - far less than I ever imagined) which I frankly never would have experienced had I taken the risk averse route. Does that color my thinking here? Absolutely.
The term "better safe than sorry", to me … you might as well drag fingernails across a chalkboard.
"Fortune favors the brave" is too trite - plus, the modern day takes on concepts like "bravery" and "heroism" have been watered down so much it's nauseating - but its cousin "The harder I work, the luckier I get" feels like a better, more genuine fit, if there's one rule to how I tend to do things.
I'm far from a reckless person, and I've said on here before that if I had symptoms, I would "do the right thing" and isolate. But I don't, so I want to live my life. And I'm also a keen observer of behavioral trends, and the latest endless stream of supposedly "existential threats" has got my BS detector working OT. And we've got an irresponsible, horrendously partisan MSM, joined at the hip with unelected government operatives at every turn, pounding out these narratives, one after the other, ad nauseum.
We were fed 3+ years of Russia-Russia-Russia. Baseless. An alleged "whistleblower" who used to work for Joe Biden - and who mysteriously never surfaced - was the basis for the Ukraine crap. Again, baseless. 50% of about 50 US deaths to date from one (1) nursing home facility in Washington State … and all of this crap is timed to hit the fan immediately after the Dems' race for the nomination has been virtually decided? Color me skeptical. Very skeptical. Over and out.
I'm far from a reckless person, and I've said on here before that if I had symptoms, I would "do the right thing" and isolate. But I don't, so I want to live my life.
So I went to the grocery store today, needed a few things for a group of friends coming over tonight. I missed the morning mayhem and just saw the aftermath. No shredded cheese, toilet paper, bread, cooking oil(?), cans of beans, frozen vegetables or cleaning products. Really a little crazy, and from my perspective very funny. That stuff will all be restocked in relatively short order.
That problem is vast parts of our society regularly abandons reason for madness. I blame "emotional media", which is just about all of it plus social media and then limited critical thinking skills. I am amazed anybody can listen to Hannity or Maddow and not realize that truth is somewhere in between.