Todd's Mischief Blog

Found on Twitter. Wish I'd thought of it. 

Some more good Twitter conversation. I feel like I did a good job of illustrating Magic Words Thinking in this one; it's called out below. @Gitabushi : Can't stop thinking about this thread and what I learned from it. Yay yay yay! Gita has got it. The only way to understand the Left is to get into their headspace, which is a completely foreign place to the average conservative or even centrist thinker. https://t.co/mgpKFR06Uw — Todd of 93% Mischief (@AndToddsaid) September 3, 2020 @TheCynicalVixen : I feel like this is definitely something I instinctively understand, but absolutely suck at putting into words.  I have to think there are others out there who do, too.  I really need to learn how to put it to words, though, so I can make effective statements. @AndToddsaid: The challenge is that Leftism is a visceral ideology. It operates beneath words. Yes, it needs words to spread, but it’s tapping into base feelings of resentment and entitlement. So it doesn’t need to sp...

Thanks to @Gitabushi  for  inspiring  this post. [ alt link ]  The only way to understand the Left is to get into their headspace, which is a completely foreign place to the average conservative or even centrist thinker. I'm not so good at leading people down the path, so I drop little nuggets and hope it attracts people who "get" it. "The Left can't discern" "There are problems on both sides: problems on the right and problems in America" "BLM has almost nothing to do with dark skinned people." I know there are others, but those come top of mind. In simplest lay terms, this all means that there is a double-standard, which folks on the right have known, but I don't think really understood. (I certainly didn't until sometime mid-Obama.) The Rightist way of thinking is very formal. Righties get caught up on logical fallacies and whatnot. Pipsqueaks like Ben Shapiro (luv ya, Ben) get airtime. To the Right, a double-standard is ...

In this first conception, the alt-center is illustrated as a "third-wing" as opposed to an actual center. This next series of diagrams represents each position as sliders. If these were animated (and maybe I'll do that eventually) the left, right, and center sliders would fluctuate somewhat over time, while the alt-center sliders would swing wildly from end to end.    

Left: More Laws, Less Cops! Right: Less Laws, More Cops! Centrist: More Laws, More Cops! Side A: Kill 1000 kittens Side B: Don't kill any kittens Centrist: Killing kittens should be safe, legal and rare Side A: The Sudeten population was and is German. Side B: The nation of St. Wenceslas will never be slaves. Centrist: Peace for our time! Side A: Abolish slavery Side B: Owning slaves is a right Centrist: Slaves shall be counted as 3/5 when apportioning representatives Side A: Human bondage defies the principles of 1776 Side B: The Constitution relinquishes any claim to restricting slavery within the states Centrist: Missouri and Maine can enter the Union at the same time Side A: There should be a one-world government. Side B: Governments should be small and local.  Centrist: Kill the bad countries, make treaties with the good ones. Both political wings must work together to stop radical-centrist Trump. 🤔 Left and right both separately tried to stop Trump in 16 - unsuccessfully...