Great post as always. The bit about Alex Jones hits home with me.
We are already at a point where people are openly saying that they won't even look at topics that he is talking about, simply because he is talking about them! What kind of rational logic is that? Such logic is totally irrational and smacks of unconscious bias and possibly also manipulation of thought processes that is not being noticed yet.
I posted earlier about how I was talking to some colleagues about how alternate media was being shut down and used Alex Jones as an example. Some of the people in the room didn't know who Alex Jones was but my colleague was happy to inform them that "Alex Jones is a perveyor of bullshit". This is the same guy who thinks that everything David Icke says is worthy or derision and to be ignored because of the stuff he says about reptillians. It still surprises me how intelligent and usually logical people behave illogically when it comes to certain topics.
Yes, unfortunately, many people have not yet realised one of the most basic facts about thinking and logic - namely, that judgements do not produce valid conclusions and also that they deny reality! Many people's entire mind is constructed from a high percentage of judgements and thus most of what they think is actually extremely limited and inaccurate. To be this way is to be quite unstable and to have lost personal power too - so it often comes with an overcompensation that translates into being 'loud' and 'outspoken' .. It is common for people to attack others who are doing exactly what they themselves do - so it is no surprise that Alex Jones attracts attacks from people like him who haven't noticed the mirror yet. ;)
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People who lack emotion regulation skills simply do not have the capacity to even consider a truth that may disturb them, they are prone to rash behaviors, like suicide or homicide, when their worldview is shaken. For some people, it is better not to tear off the glasses they have made for themselves as this is how they survive, instead, it is best to train them with emotional distress tolerance skills first so they can handle the truth.
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