-Caveat Lector-
On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 23:50:18 EST Kris Millegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>-Caveat Lector-
>Laird Wilcox on Extremist Traits
>
>[The Hoaxer Project Report, pp. 39-41]
>Robert F. Kennedy wrote:
>"What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that
>they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what
they
>say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
>
>In analyzing the rhetoric and propaganda of several hundred militant
>"fringe" political and social groups across the political spectrum, I
have
>identified a number of specific traits or behaviors that tend to
represent the
>extremist "style"...
>1. CHARACTER ASSASSINATION.
>2. NAME-CALLING AND LABELING.
>3. IRRESPONSIBLE SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS.
>4. INADEQUATE PROOF FOR ASSERTIONS.
>5. ADVOCACY OF DOUBLE STANDARDS.
>6. TENDENCY TO VIEW THEIR OPPONENTS AND CRITICS AS ESSENTIALLY EVIL.
>7. MANICHAEAN WORLDVIEW.
>8. ADVOCACY OF SOME DEGREE OF CENSORSHIP OR REPRESSION OF THEIR
>OPPONENTS AND/OR CRITICS.
>9. TEND TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF WHO THEIR ENEMIES ARE: >WHOM
THEY HATE AND WHO HATES THEM.
>10. TENDENCY TOWARD ARGUMENT BY INTIMIDATION.
>11. USE OF SLOGANS, BUZZWORDS, AND THOUGHT-STOPPING CLICHES.
>12. ASSUMPTION OF MORAL OR OTHER SUPERIORITY OVER OTHERS.
>13. DOOMSDAY THINKING.
>14. BELIEF THAT IT'S OKAY TO DO BAD THINGS IN THE SERVICE OF A "GOOD"
>CAUSE.
>15. EMPHASIS ON EMOTIONAL RESPONSES AND, CORRESPONDINGLY, LESS
>IMPORTANCE A TTACHED TO REASONING AND LOGICAL ANALYSIS.
>16. HYPERSENSITIVITY AND VIGILANCE.
>17. USE OF SUPERNATURAL RATIONALE FOR BELIEFS AND ACTIONS.
>18. PROBLEMS TOLERATING AMBIGUITY AND UNCERTAINTY.
>19. INCLINATION TOWARD "GROUPTHINK."
>20. TENDENCY TO PERSONALIZE HOSTILITY.
>21. EXTREMISTS OFTEN FEEL THAT THE SYSTEM IS NO GOOD UNLESS THEY >WIN.
Kris, this sounds an awfull lot like the republican party faithfull to
me. Did you catch Victor's show on wednesday? On Monday he sounded as
if he supported the republican stand (which he mostly does), and received
some email that made logical/ideological arguements against his stand.
On tuesday all he said was that Al Gore is not lying(as republican
spokespeople are saying) when he says that some votes have not been
counted yet, but that the legal time limits are expired and GW should be
the winner. He received over 200 what can only be described as hate
emails (some of the tamer ones he read on the air) just for saying the
Gore is NOT lying about that one issue.
>Aloha, He'Ping,
>Om, Shalom, Salaam.
>Em Hotep, Peace Be,
>All My Relations.
>Omnia Bona Bonis,
>Adieu, Adios, Aloha.
>Amen.
>Roads End
All the foregoing and a hearty "Have a Good Day" to you
Jayson R. Jones
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