Meh. No way I believe Americans are any less critical thinkers than they ever were, on the whole. Those people have HS degrees now— that’s the only difference.

YAY WE’RE A REALITY SHOW

I read this in Frasier Crane’s voice.

To be fair in the case of the reps, gerrymandering is a helluva drug.

Also, I heard somewhere that the Reason Hillary Lost (TM) was that she was in bed with Goldman Sachs. You know, not in touch with the working class. Go Bernie, and alla that.

Why is it “self” radicalization anyway? One of my first thoughts on election night was “great, we just elected a walking recruitment poster for ISIS.”

Meh. They’ve been saying the “real racists” were going to die off since I was a kid, 35+ years ago. But I do agree in some ways that everyone carrying a cell phone camera could be vital.

Yuppity yup. I live in literally one of the bluest districts in the country. We’ve had several such incidents.

He’s biracial— white and Asian.

How applicable is this? Again, we shall see. But worth mentioning: http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/27/trump-realism-vs-moral-politics-choice-we-face/

Naturally there’s more. Naturally most white males— even most hopeless or disgruntled white males— don’t turn into DR. I’m just addressing the structural issues that contribute (namely, privilege).

*sings*

Fair enough. We shall see.

The best someone like this can do under fascist control is mitigate in small ways, like the man who convinced the Nazis that Jews should be defined by 3 grandparents vs. one drop. But by resisting, we can do more.

Well, and, too— white males (esp straight, Christian, etc.) have been promised the world as their oyster. When they find out it’s not, necessarily, hoo, boy, are they disgruntled. 

I kind of feel like you answered your own question. Being a *part of* the “Master Race” is the only thing they have to hang on.

YES YES THIS THIS THIS

What accesscode said. I was being glib, of course— having NPD does not necessarily mean you are stupid. What it *does* mean is that, if you are stupid, you will assume everyone else is. Because you have a poorly-developed theory of mind (sense of how others may think differently from you), you have no or little…

He’s a Narcissist, so, necessarily, both.

So would my BFF, who works for the State Dept. Either one.