mothra wrote on Feb 20
th, 2020 at 11:11am:
"6. The Power of Mortality Reminders and Perceived Existential Threat
A well-supported theory from social psychology, known as Terror Management Theory, explains why Trump’s fear mongering is doubly effective. The theory is based on the fact that humans have a unique awareness of their own mortality. The inevitably of one’s death creates existential terror and anxiety that is always residing below the surface. In order to manage this terror, humans adopt cultural worldviews — like religions, political ideologies, and national identities — that act as a buffer by instilling life with meaning and value.
Terror Management Theory predicts that when people are reminded of their own mortality, which happens with fear mongering, they will more strongly defend those who share their worldviews and national or ethnic identity, and act out more aggressively towards those who do not. Hundreds of studies have supported this hypothesis, and some have specifically shown that triggering thoughts of death tends to shift people towards the right.
Not only do death reminders increase nationalism, they may influence voting habits in favor of more conservative presidential candidates. And more disturbingly, in a study with American students, scientists found that making mortality salient increased support for extreme military interventions by American forces that could kill thousands of civilians overseas. Interestingly, the effect was present only in conservatives.
By constantly emphasizing existential threat, Trump may be creating a psychological condition that makes the brain respond positively rather than negatively to bigoted statements and divisive rhetoric."
This forum, in a nutshell.
That's interesting, Mother, but do you think the knuckleheads here are really
scared?Every time you point out the lack of terror attacks here they say, well yes, we're okay
now, but...
They're more worried about the sight of the
tinted races than they are of being killed. It's a form of virtue signalling. They need somebody to feel superior to. The ones who complain never actually know any.
Remember, the most Jew-hating Germans in the Nazi era were the ones who didn't know any Jews. I doubt people feared sinister Jews stealing Christian children or whatever. The propagated threat of the Jew was a way to drum up hate more than fear.
The haters are always the most insecure in their own sense of identity - particularly their class. They translate this into race, and do you know?
The biggest haters are nearly always immigrants themselves. Check them out on this site. Nearly all of them live in a different country to the one they grew up in.
They long for an idyllic past that was never really there. They yearn so hard to be
respected, in the same way they believe the authority figures in their own childhoods were.
Oh i think they're absolutely terrified. Terrified their male, white privilege is under threat.
Just last night, major culprit Grappler informed me that you can't give someone rights without taking them away from someone else. Yes, they really think like this.
I would go further as to say the more introspective among them may even fear the audit, not just the prospect of having to share a society with those they think inferior.
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