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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.
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So are you saying you don't believe in psychology?
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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.
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Or maybe it reads like a blog post? Oh, right.... it
is a blog post. Regardless, it does sound like you don't believe in psychology.
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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.
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I'd ask you to critique the post, but, you know, this is a forum, not necessarily a place where much of anything above drive-bys occurs.
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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".
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The Daily Show is satire. Beck does delve into satire, but from what I've seen he's not very good at it. The thing about satire, is when people take it at face value...it's a failure.
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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.
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Nice shot in the dark, otto. Maybe you should practice what you preach.