NPR: yet another head-spinning experience, and more about "feels"

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SIGNYM

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:34 PM

This is a personal observation, so don't expect any "links" to any fancy polls or sociological studies.

I spend my time in the kitchen listening to whatever happens to be available: Mostly NPR, but also Tom Luongo (a libertarian), London Paul, Gerald Celente, Harley Schlanger (also a libertarian) or whichever alt analyst happens to have posted something that day, and going from any one of those analysts to NPR is a head-spinning transition. I finally figured out the difference:

NPR is constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) fluffing up and manipulating people's emotions. It's a fluffer (and yes, I know what that term means). For example, in their latest piece on the migrant caravan heading to the USA, they want to make sure that they provide a little "context" to the story, interviewing a tearful woman who only wants to protect her children from the violence, making sure that you get the "poor desperate migrant" angle without ever delving into WHY Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala etc are such shit-shows; whereas the other shows will readily delve into the problem of USA-fostered corruption in Central and South America.

I know I mentioned this before, but that little blurb by Mary Louise Kelly (NPR) ("Sometimes the news feels like like a train going way too fast, destination unknown..." said in a "oh poor you" tone of voice) epitomizes everything wrong with NPR.

But it's not just NPR. It's about a whole generation of people who believe, apparently, that they are entitled to go thru life without ever having their feelings hurt. Or people who believe that it's OK to get hysterical about phantom menaces. Or who feel "the resistance" as some sort of meaningful political statement without engaging brain first; or that mindless anger and fear are a legitimate political response.

Which is why we seem to have an entire generation of people behaving like two-year-olds having a temper tantrum.

Yanno, it's stupid, ugly, and counterproductive no matter WHO does it. I don't need my feelings jerked by entities who're trying to drive me in a particular direction. I have enough feelings of my own, thank you; and I have a hard enough time getting them to quiet down so I can THINK. Can we please stop coddling our precious feeling long enough to talk facts?

SIGNYM

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:32 PM

Once again, NPR ... I learn so much from listening to that station!

They have a show on called "America on the Line" which is an election call-in show based (IIRC) from NYC.

Last night they were talking about Trump (as usual), and in one segment of the show were commenting on Trump's self-characterization as a "nationalist". Trump's statement which prompted this discussion began with his characterization of globalists here in the USA as people who want the GLOBE to do well but don't necessarily care about the United States, and how this has hurt us. He followed that up with "I am a nationalist".

Now, NPR took pains with that word. They decried his use of the word because it has become "associated with" WHITE nationalism. Meanwhile, all the time I'm thinking ...

What word WOULD you use to describe someone who has our NATION'S interests at heart, especially in contrast to "globalist"? There really is no other word that is the opposite of "globalist". These sour-mouthed, dyspeptic examples of political-correctness-over-reality folks are just nucking futs"

*****

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:55 PM

Apparently these "journalists" don't know what an adjective is.

Just take the "white" out of it and you've got a perfect antonym to Globalist.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
This is a personal observation, so don't expect any "links" to any fancy polls or sociological studies.

I spend my time in the kitchen listening to whatever happens to be available: Mostly NPR, but also Tom Luongo (a libertarian), London Paul, Gerald Celente, Harley Schlanger (also a libertarian) or whichever alt analyst happens to have posted something that day, and going from any one of those analysts to NPR is a head-spinning transition. I finally figured out the difference:

NPR is constantly (and I mean CONSTANTLY) fluffing up and manipulating people's emotions. It's a fluffer (and yes, I know what that term means). For example, in their latest piece on the migrant caravan heading to the USA, they want to make sure that they provide a little "context" to the story, interviewing a tearful woman who only wants to protect her children from the violence, making sure that you get the "poor desperate migrant" angle without ever delving into WHY Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala etc are such shit-shows; whereas the other shows will readily delve into the problem of USA-fostered corruption in Central and South America.

I know I mentioned this before, but that little blurb by Mary Louise Kelly (NPR) ("Sometimes the news feels like like a train going way too fast, destination unknown..." said in a "oh poor you" tone of voice) epitomizes everything wrong with NPR.

But it's not just NPR. It's about a whole generation of people who believe, apparently, that they are entitled to go thru life without ever having their feelings hurt. Or people who believe that it's OK to get hysterical about phantom menaces. Or who feel "the resistance" as some sort of meaningful political statement without engaging brain first; or that mindless anger and fear are a legitimate political response.

Which is why we seem to have an entire generation of people behaving like two-year-olds having a temper tantrum.

Yanno, it's stupid, ugly, and counterproductive no matter WHO does it. I don't need my feelings jerked by entities who're trying to drive me in a particular direction. I have enough feelings of my own, thank you; and I have a hard enough time getting them to quiet down so I can THINK. Can we please stop coddling our precious feeling long enough to talk facts?

Perhaps the question is not as obvious as it seems: why would any sensible or reasonable person feed their ears with what they already know is crappola?
I'm fair certain LA has more than a couple radio stations.

SIGNYM

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:40 PM

To continue with my NPR experience of yesterday evening ...

They went on to cut Trump down for his statement that there were (or might be) Middle Eastern terrorists hidden in the caravan coming north, how there was no "proof" of it, and how Trump had no respect for the truth.

Now, IMHO some of Trump's statements are indeed outlandish. They're said more for effect than for accuracy. My thoughts jumped from Why WOULD Trump try to be perfectly accurate? to

Why SHOULD Trump try to be perfectly accurate? ...

When it's absolutely clear that the M$M has no respect for accuracy either.

The previous discussion about "nationalism" was a perfect, if small, example of how NPR distorts the truth ALL THE TIME. But I don't have to look backwards TOO far to find other, far more consequential examples of M$M distorting the truth ...

The RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!! hysteria
"Assad gassed his own people"
"Kaddafi is massacring his own people"
"Hillary ... because it's time"

The M$M is no more truthful than Trump. The difference between Trump and the M$M is that Trump uses "reality-TV-show-speak" while the M$M uses "neocon-neoliberal-speak".

NEITHER one of them is anywhere near the truth. If the M$M doesn't respect the truth, and uses lies against Trump, why should he not lie in response? (Oh, and BTW, Obama was just as big a fibber.)

So, two insights on the same night! What could be better?

*****

Quote:
why would any sensible or reasonable person feed their ears with what they already know is crappola? I'm fair certain LA has more than a couple radio stations.

Because ALL stations are crappola. All websites and news outlets are also crappola. You are no more likely to get "the truth" from Fox as you are from NPR or RT.

Feeding your brain with ideas is like following a healthy diet: Variety is key.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Thursday, October 25, 2018 1:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
To continue with my NPR experience of yesterday evening ...

They went on to cut Trump down for his statement that there were (or might be) Middle Eastern terrorists hidden in the caravan coming north, how there was no "proof" of it, and how Trump had no respect for the truth.

Now, IMHO some of Trump's statements are indeed outlandish. They're said more for effect than for accuracy. My thoughts jumped from Why WOULD Trump try to be perfectly accurate? to

Why SHOULD Trump try to be perfectly accurate? ...

When it's absolutely clear that the M$M has no respect for accuracy either.

The previous discussion about "nationalism" was a perfect, if small, example of how NPR distorts the truth ALL THE TIME. But I don't have to look backwards TOO far to find other, far more consequential examples of M$M distorting the truth ...

The RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!!RUSSIA!! hysteria
"Assad gassed his own people"
"Kaddafi is massacring his own people"
"Hillary ... because it's time"

The M$M is no more truthful than Trump. The difference between Trump and the M$M is that Trump uses "reality-TV-show-speak" while the M$M uses "neocon-neoliberal-speak".

NEITHER one of them is anywhere near the truth. If the M$M doesn't respect the truth, and uses lies against Trump, why should he not lie in response? (Oh, and BTW, Obama was just as big a fibber.)

So, two insights on the same night! What could be better?

*****

Quote:
why would any sensible or reasonable person feed their ears with what they already know is crappola? I'm fair certain LA has more than a couple radio stations.
Because ALL stations are crappola. All websites and news outlets are also crappola. You are no more likely to get "the truth" from Fox as you are from NPR or RT.

Feeding your brain with ideas is like following a healthy diet: Variety is key.

Yes, of course. Filling your hours with The Flat Earth Society is really going to make you wiser. Or maybe you can catch reruns of The Dolan's from 2008, where they explain that the Stock Market will not continue to drop in value, all year long. Because lies and wrong opinions are far more valuable than facts.

SIGNYM

Thursday, October 25, 2018 2:05 AM

Because you can learn almost as much from misinformation ... or from LACK of information ... as from facts. I learned a lot from the flat earth people, believe it or not! (Yes, I really got into a discussion with them.) I even listen to religious people, altho I'm not at all religious.

NPR is a reliable indicator of what "they" want you to think. (By "they" I mean globalist/ deep state/ liberaloid.) When NPR thumps a particular biased POV, you can start looking behind the misdirection for WHY this is suddenly important. When something suddenly drops out of the news, you can contemplate WHY it was dropped from view. I think you can look at ALL media that way ... every source has a POV. But if you put their statements in the context of cui bono? ("to whom is it a benefit?") and pay attention to changes of direction and timing, there is a lot to be learned, outside of what is said out loud.

It also pays to have a very large warehouse of "not accepted/ not rejected" bits of info/analysis. They're like puzzle pieces that have yet to fit. Just as people shouldn't "rush to judgment" about other people, they should have patience with ideas and data that don't seem to support a conclusion ... or that maybe even poke holes in a favored theory.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876

SIGNYM

Sunday, October 28, 2018 5:23 AM

REALLY?

Quote:
25% Of Millennials Claim They Have PTSD From 2016 Election, Study Says

A new psychological study from San Francisco State University claims that a full quarter of millennials are suffering from bouts of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, because of the 2016 elections.

The study is by no means comprehensive - the research pool was limited to 769 students studying psychology at Arizona State University - but of those millennials chosen for the test, 25% reported experiencing “clinically significant” levels of stress, along with other symptoms of PTSD.

Students were evaluated using an “Impact of Event” scale, which measures stress levels at various times following a major traumatic event, typically a tragedy or a personal illness or injury. The results, the Washington Examiner reports, "indicated that students’ average stress score was similar to those of witnesses of a mass shooting seven months after the incident."

“The scale is used to gauge the extent to which individuals have been impacted by an event in such a way that it might lead to diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher, Melissa Hagan said in a statement released alongside the study.

“What we were interested in seeing was, did the election for some people constitute a traumatic experience?” Hagan added. “And we found that it did for 25 percent of young adults.”

Those students suffering symptoms all qualify for an official PTSD diagnosis, according to the study itself. And students who self-identified as a minority, as female, as a Democrat, or as a non-Christian reported the most significant stress levels.

"Black and nonwhite Hispanic students scored higher on the assessment than their white classmates, for instance. Gender, political affiliation and religion all played even larger roles. Females scored about 45 percent higher than males on the assessment, and Democrats scored more than two and a half times higher than Republicans," the study said.

Hagan attributed the "clinically significant" stress levels to both the election's "surprise" result and rhetoric tossed about in the final weeks of the campaign - specifically Donald Trump's comments about what makes a person a real American.

But if it seems strange that simple rhetoric - speeches made in the closing weeks of a campaign when candidates from both parties were trying to instill fear in voters - should trigger actual stress symptoms months after an election, that's because it is, at least from a commonplace perspective.

But it's easy to see how students might translate politics into personal harm. Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

It might be time, though, to let go - and grow up...

-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

"The messy American environment, where most people don't agree, is perfect for people like me. I CAN DO AS I PLEASE." - SECOND

America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Sunday, October 28, 2018 6:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
REALLY?
Quote:
25% Of Millennials Claim They Have PTSD From 2016 Election, Study Says

A new psychological study from San Francisco State University claims that a full quarter of millennials are suffering from bouts of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, because of the 2016 elections.

The study is by no means comprehensive - the research pool was limited to 769 students studying psychology at Arizona State University - but of those millennials chosen for the test, 25% reported experiencing “clinically significant” levels of stress, along with other symptoms of PTSD.

Students were evaluated using an “Impact of Event” scale, which measures stress levels at various times following a major traumatic event, typically a tragedy or a personal illness or injury. The results, the Washington Examiner reports, "indicated that students’ average stress score was similar to those of witnesses of a mass shooting seven months after the incident."

“The scale is used to gauge the extent to which individuals have been impacted by an event in such a way that it might lead to diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher, Melissa Hagan said in a statement released alongside the study.

“What we were interested in seeing was, did the election for some people constitute a traumatic experience?” Hagan added. “And we found that it did for 25 percent of young adults.”

Those students suffering symptoms all qualify for an official PTSD diagnosis, according to the study itself. And students who self-identified as a minority, as female, as a Democrat, or as a non-Christian reported the most significant stress levels.

"Black and nonwhite Hispanic students scored higher on the assessment than their white classmates, for instance. Gender, political affiliation and religion all played even larger roles. Females scored about 45 percent higher than males on the assessment, and Democrats scored more than two and a half times higher than Republicans," the study said.

Hagan attributed the "clinically significant" stress levels to both the election's "surprise" result and rhetoric tossed about in the final weeks of the campaign - specifically Donald Trump's comments about what makes a person a real American.

But if it seems strange that simple rhetoric - speeches made in the closing weeks of a campaign when candidates from both parties were trying to instill fear in voters - should trigger actual stress symptoms months after an election, that's because it is, at least from a commonplace perspective.

But it's easy to see how students might translate politics into personal harm. Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

It might be time, though, to let go - and grow up...

Can't say I'm really shocked.
I am a tad surprised that more like 100% of Collegium Studiments studying psychology are not self-diagnosing PTSD from whatever disrupted their little world, regardless of what generation claims them.

Was this more of the highbrow revelations on NPR? Did Kooky Roberts report?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, October 28, 2018 6:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
REALLY?
Quote:
25% Of Millennials Claim They Have PTSD From 2016 Election, Study Says

A new psychological study from San Francisco State University claims that a full quarter of millennials are suffering from bouts of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, because of the 2016 elections.

The study is by no means comprehensive - the research pool was limited to 769 students studying psychology at Arizona State University - but of those millennials chosen for the test, 25% reported experiencing “clinically significant” levels of stress, along with other symptoms of PTSD.

Students were evaluated using an “Impact of Event” scale, which measures stress levels at various times following a major traumatic event, typically a tragedy or a personal illness or injury. The results, the Washington Examiner reports, "indicated that students’ average stress score was similar to those of witnesses of a mass shooting seven months after the incident."

“The scale is used to gauge the extent to which individuals have been impacted by an event in such a way that it might lead to diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher, Melissa Hagan said in a statement released alongside the study.

“What we were interested in seeing was, did the election for some people constitute a traumatic experience?” Hagan added. “And we found that it did for 25 percent of young adults.”

Those students suffering symptoms all qualify for an official PTSD diagnosis, according to the study itself. And students who self-identified as a minority, as female, as a Democrat, or as a non-Christian reported the most significant stress levels.

"Black and nonwhite Hispanic students scored higher on the assessment than their white classmates, for instance. Gender, political affiliation and religion all played even larger roles. Females scored about 45 percent higher than males on the assessment, and Democrats scored more than two and a half times higher than Republicans," the study said.

Hagan attributed the "clinically significant" stress levels to both the election's "surprise" result and rhetoric tossed about in the final weeks of the campaign - specifically Donald Trump's comments about what makes a person a real American.

But if it seems strange that simple rhetoric - speeches made in the closing weeks of a campaign when candidates from both parties were trying to instill fear in voters - should trigger actual stress symptoms months after an election, that's because it is, at least from a commonplace perspective.

But it's easy to see how students might translate politics into personal harm. Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

It might be time, though, to let go - and grow up...
Can't say I'm really shocked.
I am a tad surprised that more like 100% of Collegium Studiments studying psychology are not self-diagnosing PTSD from whatever disrupted their little world, regardless of what generation claims them.

Was this more of the highbrow revelations on NPR? Did Kooky Roberts report?

I find it heartening that not all of the college kids are allowing themselves to be brainwashed by the "Progressive" agenda.

You might find this enjoyable.

Do Right, Be Right.

THG

Sunday, October 28, 2018 7:03 PM

Here's something from NPR I found interesting Sig.

T

National Security

The Russia Investigations: The U.S. Launches A Digital Offensive — Gently

The American troops are "targeting individual Russian operatives to try to deter them from spreading disinformation to interfere in elections, telling them that American operatives have identified them and are tracking their work, according to officials briefed on the operation.

https://www.npr.org/2018/10/27/661149098/the-russia-investigations-the
-u-s-launches-a-digital-offensive-gently

THG

Sunday, October 28, 2018 7:24 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Apparently these "journalists" don't know what an adjective is.

Just take the "white" out of it and you've got a perfect antonym to Globalist.

I don't know dummy, this seems like objective reporting to me.
T

Timeline of Russia Investigation

Key moments in the FBI probe of Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election

By Eugene Kiely

Posted on June 7, 2017 | Updated on September 10, 2018

Since July 2016, the FBI has been investigating the Russian government’s attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election, including whether President Donald Trump’s campaign associates were involved in those efforts.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election” between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to the U.S. intelligence community. Russian intelligence services gained access to the computer network of Democratic Party officials and released the hacked material to WikiLeaks and others “to help President-elect Trump’s election chances,” the IC said in a report released in January 2017.

At this point, no evidence of collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign has been made public. It may or may not exist. However, there is an ongoing investigation.

Here we present a timeline of key events in the investigation. We will update this timeline as necessary. For those reading this on a website other than FactCheck.org, please click here for updates.
2015

June 16 — Trump announces that he is running for president.

July — The Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, which is responsible for intelligence collection for the Russian military, gains access to the Democratic National Committee computer network and maintains that access until at least June 2016, when the hacking plot was publicly disclosed. (This is according to a report issued Jan. 6, 2017, by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.)

Oct. 13 – Felix Sater, a Trump business associate, sends an email to Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization, about a proposal to build a Trump-branded residential and commercial building in Moscow. Sater’s email includes a letter of intent signed by Andrey Rozov, owner of I.C. Expert Investment Co., of Moscow, to build “Trump World Tower Moscow.” Sater, an American citizen who was born in Russia, tells Cohen to have Trump sign the agreement and send it back. The agreement would have given the Trump Organization “a $4 million upfront fee, no upfront costs, a percentage of the sales, and control over marketing and design.” Sater writes, “Lets make this happen and build a Trump Moscow. And possibly fix relations between the countries by showing everyone that commerce & business are much better and more practical than politics. That should be Putins message as well, and we will help him agree on that message.” (CNN would later obtain a copy of the email and the agreement.)

Oct. 28 – Trump signs a letter of intent with a Moscow-based developer, I.C. Expert Investment Co., to pursue “Trump Tower Moscow” – a licensing project in which Trump would be paid for the use of his name on a building in Moscow. (Cohen would later disclose the project in a statement provided to congressional investigators on Aug. 28, 2017, according to the Washington Post. “The decision to pursue the proposal initially, and later to abandon it were unrelated to the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign,” Cohen told Congress.)

December — Some social media accounts apparently tied to a Russian online propaganda operation start to advocate for Trump’s election. (This is also according to the DNI report issued Jan. 6, 2017. That report attributed its source to “a journalist who is a leading expert on the

1KIKI

Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:32 PM

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/12/timeline-key-m
oments-russia-investigation-election/102786216/

Did you not post the link because people would then see this WASN'T from NPR? And was therefore a complete ruse?

(Aside from which Kelly has asserted many questionable claims as facts.)

tic tac

REAVERFAN

Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:45 PM

Trump Says He’s a ‘Nationalist,’ The Far-Right Cheers
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-says-hes-a-nationalist-the-fa
r-right-cheers/

1KIKI

Sunday, October 28, 2018 11:04 PM

Is there an internet definition for a troll who's also a spammer?

tic tac

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 29, 2018 12:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
REALLY?
Quote:
25% Of Millennials Claim They Have PTSD From 2016 Election, Study Says

A new psychological study from San Francisco State University claims that a full quarter of millennials are suffering from bouts of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, because of the 2016 elections.

The study is by no means comprehensive - the research pool was limited to 769 students studying psychology at Arizona State University - but of those millennials chosen for the test, 25% reported experiencing “clinically significant” levels of stress, along with other symptoms of PTSD.

Students were evaluated using an “Impact of Event” scale, which measures stress levels at various times following a major traumatic event, typically a tragedy or a personal illness or injury. The results, the Washington Examiner reports, "indicated that students’ average stress score was similar to those of witnesses of a mass shooting seven months after the incident."

“The scale is used to gauge the extent to which individuals have been impacted by an event in such a way that it might lead to diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher, Melissa Hagan said in a statement released alongside the study.

“What we were interested in seeing was, did the election for some people constitute a traumatic experience?” Hagan added. “And we found that it did for 25 percent of young adults.”

Those students suffering symptoms all qualify for an official PTSD diagnosis, according to the study itself. And students who self-identified as a minority, as female, as a Democrat, or as a non-Christian reported the most significant stress levels.

"Black and nonwhite Hispanic students scored higher on the assessment than their white classmates, for instance. Gender, political affiliation and religion all played even larger roles. Females scored about 45 percent higher than males on the assessment, and Democrats scored more than two and a half times higher than Republicans," the study said.

Hagan attributed the "clinically significant" stress levels to both the election's "surprise" result and rhetoric tossed about in the final weeks of the campaign - specifically Donald Trump's comments about what makes a person a real American.

But if it seems strange that simple rhetoric - speeches made in the closing weeks of a campaign when candidates from both parties were trying to instill fear in voters - should trigger actual stress symptoms months after an election, that's because it is, at least from a commonplace perspective.

But it's easy to see how students might translate politics into personal harm. Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

It might be time, though, to let go - and grow up...
Can't say I'm really shocked.
I am a tad surprised that more like 100% of Collegium Studiments studying psychology are not self-diagnosing PTSD from whatever disrupted their little world, regardless of what generation claims them.

Was this more of the highbrow revelations on NPR? Did Kooky Roberts report?

I find it heartening that not all of the college kids are allowing themselves to be brainwashed by the "Progressive" agenda.

You might find this enjoyable.

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THG

Monday, October 29, 2018 1:49 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by 1kiki:

Is there an internet definition for a troll who's also a spammer?

tic tac

It's called a Sig

T

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 29, 2018 4:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
REALLY?
Quote:
25% Of Millennials Claim They Have PTSD From 2016 Election, Study Says

A new psychological study from San Francisco State University claims that a full quarter of millennials are suffering from bouts of post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, because of the 2016 elections.

The study is by no means comprehensive - the research pool was limited to 769 students studying psychology at Arizona State University - but of those millennials chosen for the test, 25% reported experiencing “clinically significant” levels of stress, along with other symptoms of PTSD.

Students were evaluated using an “Impact of Event” scale, which measures stress levels at various times following a major traumatic event, typically a tragedy or a personal illness or injury. The results, the Washington Examiner reports, "indicated that students’ average stress score was similar to those of witnesses of a mass shooting seven months after the incident."

“The scale is used to gauge the extent to which individuals have been impacted by an event in such a way that it might lead to diagnosable post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher, Melissa Hagan said in a statement released alongside the study.

“What we were interested in seeing was, did the election for some people constitute a traumatic experience?” Hagan added. “And we found that it did for 25 percent of young adults.”

Those students suffering symptoms all qualify for an official PTSD diagnosis, according to the study itself. And students who self-identified as a minority, as female, as a Democrat, or as a non-Christian reported the most significant stress levels.

"Black and nonwhite Hispanic students scored higher on the assessment than their white classmates, for instance. Gender, political affiliation and religion all played even larger roles. Females scored about 45 percent higher than males on the assessment, and Democrats scored more than two and a half times higher than Republicans," the study said.

Hagan attributed the "clinically significant" stress levels to both the election's "surprise" result and rhetoric tossed about in the final weeks of the campaign - specifically Donald Trump's comments about what makes a person a real American.

But if it seems strange that simple rhetoric - speeches made in the closing weeks of a campaign when candidates from both parties were trying to instill fear in voters - should trigger actual stress symptoms months after an election, that's because it is, at least from a commonplace perspective.

But it's easy to see how students might translate politics into personal harm. Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

It might be time, though, to let go - and grow up...
Can't say I'm really shocked.
I am a tad surprised that more like 100% of Collegium Studiments studying psychology are not self-diagnosing PTSD from whatever disrupted their little world, regardless of what generation claims them.

Was this more of the highbrow revelations on NPR? Did Kooky Roberts report?

I find it heartening that not all of the college kids are allowing themselves to be brainwashed by the "Progressive" agenda.

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1KIKI

Monday, October 29, 2018 5:40 AM

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Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

I personally would like a few examples of those dire predictions that failed to come to pass. But it sounds like people are panicking themselves into PTSD over non-events.

What can I say ... they're young, and this is the first major crack in their paradigm of 'how the world is', which, up too now, has largely been formed by media and social media.

JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, October 29, 2018 8:21 AM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
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Since November of 2016, emotions have been at an all-time high, and outrage meters, particularly on the Left, are set to 11. Each new development from the Trump White House warrants weeks of impassioned social media postings, in-world protesting, and panicked speculation. Each simple policy change is often accompanied by concerns that President Donald Trump is going to "de-humanize" segments of the population, strip women of rights, and institutionalize everyone he disagrees with.

In the months following the election, few - if any - dire predictions have come to pass, but that doesn't mean true believers aren't living in fear.

I personally would like a few examples of those dire predictions that failed to come to pass. But it sounds like people are panicking themselves into PTSD over non-events.

What can I say ... they're young, and this is the first major crack in their paradigm of 'how the world is', which, up too now, has largely been formed by media and social media.

That quote was from SIG's quote of the study.

I'd be interested in what were these few dire Predictions which did come to pass.
The economy was going to explode if Trump was elected?
North Korea was going to start negotiating?
Unemployment was going to drop to record levels?
Hispanics and Blacks were going to achieve record Employment?
Trump was going to decrease the Federal Debt by $1.1 Trillion over 10 years in only his first round of Budgeting?

I don't recall any of those dire predictions.