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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
An interesting point, Tully.
I also came across this entry about Beck and his modus operandi (with parallels to the Tea Party movement) in the Moral Landscapes blog on the Psychology Today website. And it has some good advice to boot. "Tantrum morality"---I like it. Well, as a concept...not in practice.....
Tantrum Morality: TEA Party and Glenn Beck | Psychology Today |
Psychology Today. Hmm... sounds official. No doubt lab-coats and clipboards were involved. No chance of bias here.
On what does the author base her tantrum analogy... Beck's delivery style? The Tea Party's proclivity for self-reliance and living in the suburbs? They all may seem a bit obnoxious, but that's not really an exclusive trait.
It sounds more like the author just doesn't like Beck or the Tea Party. And with years of unimpeachable clinical academia, she resorts to shoveling a steaming pile of pseudo-psychological propaganda. The article reads like a partisan editorial opinion void of anything resembling a clinical assessment.
While I'm off-put by Beck's increasing evangelical tone, this article is just another drive-by crafted for appeal to another highly malleable herd. As the idiom goes ..."Birds of a feather flock together". More fashionable bits of baseless hatred to feed the sheeples.
Isn't this really more about perpetuating hatred as political fashion? It's like a Daily Show bit all dressed up in an intellectual pose. Laid out for quick-recall when engaging in lively correct-speech banter. Convenient and authoritative-sounding that comes in handy in a pinch... like on "The View".
We should take comfort knowing fresh talking points will be provided without ever having to substantiate for accuracy. The hive will never suspect when repeated often.