Immanuel Can wrote: I can't 'see' it for you." Nobody can make you see it. It's up to you to open your eyes. And if you don't want to, nobody can make you.
Yes, of course it is that Mr Hot Pants, but the idea needs to be filled out.FlashDangerpants wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 11:22 amSo the problem lies with us, and our inability to read between the lines?
Let us accept for a second that there is such a thing as 'derangement syndrome' -- let's put to the side Donald Trump, the object of social and spiritual fury, and simply focus on a possible 'derangement syndrome'.
What is this?
There are a number of ways that we could come to understand it. We could introduce the Pavlovian Model. That is that when the bell rings, the dog salivates. Here is a hypothetical: When for example Hot Pants reads certain words or phrases these enter into his mental fabrics and cause explosive mental reactions. Hot Pants then opens his mouth and out of his mouth spews all sorts of pre-fabricated invectives (this corresponds to the salivating dog in case you didn't catch the subtle reference).
Now, if we come across a man who is so deeply involved in reaction of this sort, and who 'spews' with such impulsivity, how shall we fairly characterize that man? I have it! I have the word!*Ding* = salivation
Hysteria.
Now in this context, Mr Hot Pants, we can broaden our assertion to one of a general social contagion: derangement syndrome. And we can also include the stimulation of fear, loathings, contempt and general emotions involving *hatred* and the projection of such.hysteria
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1. Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotion, such as fear or panic.
In this context I might repeat what IC has suggested:
Now, here I might suggest the Ludovico Technique . . ."Nobody can make you see it. It's up to you to open your eyes. And if you don't want to, nobody can make you."