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What if we’ve all been primed?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:18 pm
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Consider this statement: We’re all in this together.
If you hear this over and over, and unconsciously believe it, then it means those who don’t follow the conventional recommendations aren’t in this with you. They’re outsiders. They are easy to target and hate and slander. It feels okay to treat them as outsiders because people believe they have the support of their pack to do so.
Or take this one: Stay home. Stay safe.
This implies that by staying home, you’re doing something that helps protect people. To not stay home then, would mean putting others at risk. It sets the stage for people to easily buy into the idea that if you don’t stay home, you’re selfish.
There’s nothing to prove this statement is accurate. Recent data says the opposite: 66% of hospitalizations in New York are from people sheltering in place.
Yet, if you asked the average person what they should do to protect themselves and others, they’d say, “I should stay home to stay safe.”
Behavioral priming can lead us to believe something is a fact even without evidence to support it. It would explain why some people feel it’s okay to throw stones at those who believe in something other than staying home. They want to slander doctors who suggest we’re actually safer being at work. Maybe their strong emotion comes from the fact that they’ve been well-primed over the past couple of months.
And finally, what about this? A new normal.
What a perfect phrase to prime you to accept a life that’s different from the life we lived up until 2020. If you believe whatever we’re told to do next is the “new normal” after hearing that phrase a thousand times, you’ll be less likely to question whatever that suggested normal might be.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:20 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I don't care.
Let's go fishing at Joe Wheeler
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:20 pm to HempHead
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Let's go fishing at Joe Wheeler
It's storming, baw. Tomorrow?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:20 pm to blueboy
quote:Probably because the vast majority were sheltering in place. I’d guess.
Recent data says the opposite: 66% of hospitalizations in New York are from people sheltering in place.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:22 pm to LegendInMyMind
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It's storming, baw. Tomorrow?
I'm so scared that I actually know you.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:22 pm to HempHead
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I'm so scared that I actually know you
Shhh
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:24 pm to blueboy
Yes. We are all being primed. Short, simply slogans are designed to be this way. Easily remembered and repeated over and over again.
Ever listen to politicians speak? It's all the same and its a very effective way to prime people.
Trump is a master at this FWIW
Ever listen to politicians speak? It's all the same and its a very effective way to prime people.
Trump is a master at this FWIW
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:25 pm to Salmon
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Trump is a master at this FWIW
Any successful politician is.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:27 pm to Salmon
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Yes. We are all being primed. Short, simply slogans are designed to be this way. Easily remembered and repeated over and over again.
frickin' Edward Bernays
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:31 pm to blueboy
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Or take this one: Stay home. Stay safe.
There’s nothing to prove this statement is accurate. Recent data says the opposite: 66% of hospitalizations in New York are from people sheltering in place.
Are they saying Coronavirus can magically appear in your house..?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:35 pm to blueboy
I always thought the “stay safe” comment was really strange.
Within a week everyone started saying it.
What do you mean stay safe? I’m safe. The only concern is getting sick. What does that have to do with safety?
Within a week everyone started saying it.
What do you mean stay safe? I’m safe. The only concern is getting sick. What does that have to do with safety?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:38 pm to HempHead
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Joe Wheeler
My old stomping grounds.
I grew up in Rogersville.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:43 pm to blueboy
It’s probably not a great path to take when we model our response after the Chinese.
This doesn’t bode well for the future,
This doesn’t bode well for the future,
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:43 pm to blueboy
What are they priming us for is my question?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:48 pm to blueboy
In a world of compromise, some men don't.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 2:50 pm to red sox fan 13
Accepting a "new normal" that seriously curtails our rights, while designating all dissenters as wrong, immoral and selfish.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 2:52 pm
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