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  • Re: Endorsements

    From Mike Spencer@21:1/5 to Auric Hellman on Tue Oct 1 04:21:26 2024
    Auric Hellman <[email protected]> writes:

    Seriously, is there any voters out there who actually base their
    decision on whom they will vote for on someone's endorsement? Sure,
    there will always be a few nitwits, but are there that many?

    'A' endorses 'B'. Ho hum.

    Except if A is is the object of fanatic fandom, of religious fervor,
    for millions of people. "What would Jesus do?" "Pray without
    ceasing." "Only believe." Whatever the cognitive mechanism is that
    makes some people live constantly in that submissive context can be
    stripped down and reconfigured to elevate A to messianic status
    without ever using that word or other theological terminology.

    Then A's endorsement is an ex cathedra pronouncement.

    --
    Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Oct 1 05:48:20 2024
    On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:11:53 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Seriously, is there any voters out there who actually base their
    decision on whom they will vote for on someone's endorsement?

    Those within some religious, unions, and police groups? I don't
    belong to these groups, but when their "chiefs" endorse, I suspect
    some percent will follow (vote). Should be research out there on this
    topic somewhere.


    Sep 9, 2024 -- White Protestants and Catholics support Trump, but
    voters in other U.S. religious groups prefer Harris

    https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/09/white-protestants-and-catholics-support-trump-but-voters-in-other-us-religious-groups-prefer-harris/

    "The pressure to conform (to do what others are doing) can be powerful
    and hard to resist. A person might feel pressure to do something just
    because others are doing it (or say they are). Peer pressure can
    influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless -- or
    something that has more serious consequences."

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Oct 1 10:13:31 2024
    On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:11:53 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Seriously, is there any voters out there who actually base their
    decision on whom they will vote for on someone's endorsement?

    a few nitwits

    Aside - More than a few come out of the woodwork, when macho 'drum
    beats' exist.


    Mark Twain, "The War Prayer" (ca.1904-5)

    The American writer Mark Twain wrote the following satire in the glow
    of America's imperial interventions.

    https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/19-american-empire/mark-twain-the-war-prayer-ca-1904-5/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to Mike Spencer on Tue Oct 1 15:58:55 2024
    On 2024-10-01, Mike Spencer <[email protected]e> wrote:
    Then A's endorsement is an ex cathedra pronouncement.


    Ex cathedra: Latin for "with the catheter removed." ;)

    I think for people who feel overwhelmed by the mental complexity of a
    subject, simply doing what your idol tells you to do is a shortcut to
    trying to make a good decision (whatever that means to you) without
    doing a lot of work.

    Remember: work smarter, not harder! Unless you're not that smart. Then,
    you'd probably better get to work.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Oct 1 12:11:16 2024
    On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 15:58:55 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde <[email protected]d> wrote:

    I think for people who feel overwhelmed by the mental complexity of a >subject, simply doing what your idol tells you to do is a shortcut to
    trying to make a good decision (whatever that means to you) without
    doing a lot of work.

    For the Bible Tells Me So, and when others say its so, it's so.

    RE: Abortion Topic...so if a candidate is against, I'm for him/her, is
    their reasoning. Clueless people who are without biological
    understandings.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Oct 1 21:16:14 2024
    On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:11:53 -0400, Auric Hellman
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    Seriously, is there any voters out there who actually base their
    decision on whom they will vote for on someone's endorsement?

    On a different note, Midnight at the Oasis, Maria Muldaur - She has acknowledged that people do approach her at her concerts or events and
    claim that this song has inspired sexual encounters, loss of
    virginity, and pregnancy.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_at_the_Oasis

    1973 Warner Records Inc.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gKnnb24Eso

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