#denialists

What a seriously bold thing to do BBC, with the latest episode of Jodie Whittaker’s Dr Who.

Whilst I love the B & W photographic images of the 1950′s and 1960′s America, the reality is never like the fantasy. What a bunch of weak dogs white middle Americans were back in those days. Just a few years after claiming they entered WWII for all the right reasons, in regard to Jewish and Roma genocide, and even enlisting black conscripts, these disgraceful hicks were a shame upon humanity.

As covid-19 deaths surpass 50,000 in the USA, at what point do pandemic DENIALISTS become complicit in the ongoing fatalities?

source naturalnews

Earlier this week, a man who thought the coronavirus was a hoax spread by the left-wing media to damage Trump wound up dead with a coronavirus infection. It begs the question: Was he listening to Rush Limbaugh? Sean Hannity? Or Ron Paul, who claimed the coronavirus was a hoax?

All those people and many more — including David Icke and various indy media hosts — have…

If we label eco-anxiety as an illness, climate denialists have won

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No planet B | The UK media reports a “tsunami” of cases of eco-anxiety in children. It is no medical condition, though, it is a rational response to the state of the climate, says Graham Lawton

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intentional-insights/201712/how-deal-irrational-family-members-over-the-holidays

From the article:

It’s the holiday season, which means plenty of opportunities for uncomfortable interactions with friends and family who express irrational beliefs, meaning beliefs that contradict reality. A new peer-reviewed article I published describes how to deal with irrational people effectively, and you can apply this research to your daily life, as I did during a recent holiday event.

The typical response to truth deniers of presenting facts and arguing is generally not effective in changing people’s minds on charged issues. Research on the confirmation bias shows that people tend to look for and interpret information in ways that conforms to their beliefs. Moreover, studies on the backfire effect reveal that when people are presented with facts that challenge their identity, they sometimes develop a stronger attachment to their incorrect belief as a defense mechanism.

If someone denies clear facts, you can safely assume that it’s their emotions that are leading them away from reality.