Charles Worthington, PhD Social Psychologist The irony of what has happened with the reflecting pool in Washington screams for expression. The reflecting pool originally reflected the spire dedicated to our first president reminding us of the beginnings of our great experiment in Democracy. Now it reflects one deranged man. Recently the bottom was painted with blue paint with disastrous results. … Read more
Change the Language and Everybody Will Believe You and Agitate for Violence Violence is a slippery slope. When slogans are strategically used to stir up righteous indignation and justifiable violent solutions we know we are sliding down into outright fascism. “Narcoterrorists” is a brilliant propaganda word. It conjures images of real terrorists who set bombs … Read more
The solution to the drug problem is easy. Or so we are being told. Fentanyl is killing Americans. Drug dealers run it in fast boats to America. The solution is to kill the drug dealers by blowing up their boats. As with most problems, causes are multifaceted, not black and white, and those causes may … Read more
The most alarming military action we have ever taken was to gun down survivors of a recent American attack on a Venezuelan vessel. They were in the water waving for help. Little did they know that expecting help would cost them their lives. They should have hidden under the hull but sadly, they expected the … Read more
I recently watched the short series, Death by Lightning, on President Garfield whom I had forgotten like many have. He was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau after serving only three months in office. Guiteau worshiped Garfield with a devotion and fervor that disturbed me. He was clearly a fanatic, seeing him as the savior of … Read more
In this country you are not allowed to say anything against Donald Trump without following up with an apology and groveling on the ground at his feet. Plus maybe large sums of money thrown his way after an expensive lawsuit you cannot afford. So far, the people forced to apologize to Trump are: Snow White … Read more
Fascists dislike anything out of the ordinary and unconventional (Adorno, et al 1950). We got wind of this when “Christians” objected to the opening art performance of the Olympics where a blue figure appeared at a long table. The performers were odd and weird and there was public outrage that this scene was making fun … Read more
Propaganda hijacks your beliefs and you don’t know it. You are sure they are your beliefs. It makes you angry when you hear an opinion opposite to yours, as if it goes against the “real” truth. This observation comes from experiences with a right wing intellectual group I belong to. Suppose you are an MD … Read more
I have been railing at my Trumper friends for 4 years. It took me until yesterday to figure out what the issue was, what I was so upset about every time I tried to get through to them (proving beyond a shadow of a doubt to them that I had Trump Derangement Syndrome). Trump Derangement … Read more