Brand Obama: Conformity (aka You Are Too Stupid To Appreciate Me.)

JohnQuincy ^ | 11/01/2010 | WizKid

[wizkid]

For a candidate that promised to bring the country together, Obama and his surrogates often go out of their way to deliberately insult roughly half the voting population by calling them fools. While it may seem counter intuitive, sociological research has shown that effective persuasion often involves convincing someone that they are wrong by belittling them. Sadly, this has dark implications for our democracy since this research was used to explain how an advanced nation duped its citizens into participating in the holocaust.

[wizkid]

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool ~Charles Simmons

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. - William Shakespeare

[Psalm 144]

“sociological research has shown that effective persuasion often involves convincing someone that they are wrong by belittling them”

Perhaps this is effective with servile populations and individuals. Where I come from, it can get your nose broken.

[skookum55]

Perhaps this is effective with servile populations and individuals.

It works quite well with climatologists and other scientists.

[MrEdd]

It’s definitely a method that works poorly when you are too stupid to talk to schoolchildren without a teleprompter.

[Psalm 144]

Academicians are generally servile committee types.

Try it with cops.

Try it with lawyers.

Try it with executives.

[DWC]

Didn’t some idiot talk about lipstick on a pig.

[Starboard]

The Milgram experiment was very instructive (and I admit, quite funny). Thanks for posting this link. Great stuff.

FRegards.

[wizkid]

According to the video, the original Milgram experiment used a wide cross section of 40 males ages 20 to 50 years old from corporate presidents to blue collar workers and with education levels ranging from grade school to PhD's.

Sadly, both the Asch and Milgram experiments have repeatedly demonstrated upon repetition that a consistent 75% of a wide cross section of society will abandon principle when faced with potential group ridicule and/or pressure by authority figures.

While it is disturbing that the President would participate in such a campaign, he would not be doing it if it did not work. Fortunately, some of his magic seems to be wearing a little thin lately.

[BobP]

It’s definitely a method that works poorly when you are too stupid to talk to schoolchildren without a teleprompter.

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He's a delusional nut-job.

He and his Rats are shovel-ready for the dust bin of history.