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[wufwugy]

What do you think of things along this line: you're are not a confident person. You think you are not attractive, are not smart, and are weak. And you want to change that. So, one of the things you do is positive affirmation. You tell yourself that you are a confident person. That you are handsome and smart and strong. In doing so, you begin to becoming more of the person you tell yourself you are, even if you are not or do not believe it (yet).

[JimmyS1985]

I haven't posted here in a while, just wanted to say that I am quite pleased with today's news that Trump's personal attorney had his door kicked in by the FBI.

Personally I don't know why Trump supporters hate the Mueller investigation so much. They're a law and order crowd right? Rule of law applies equally to everyone right, even Trump? If Trump did nothing wrong, than that would surely show up in the investigation and Trump would be exonerated. So long as Trump broke no laws, and every Trump supporter I've met claims that, then they literally have nothing to fear in this investigation.

If he did break laws though, well, allow me to be the first to proclaim 2020's DNC Convention chant "LOCK HIM UP!".

[BananaStand]

I haven't posted here in a while,

Is it because you learned so much last time?

just wanted to say that I am quite pleased with today's news that Trump's personal attorney had his door kicked in by the FBI

Why does that "please" you? Did Trump or his personal attorney commit a crime against you?

Personally I don't know why Trump supporters hate the Mueller investigation so much.

Witch hunt. Waste of money. Beyond it's intended scope. A deep state hit-job. Honestly dude, are you really this uninformed?

They're a law and order crowd right?

Are you saying you're not in the 'law and order crowd'?

Rule of law applies equally to everyone right, even Trump?

Actually the rules of the special counsel prevent Mueller from charging a sitting president with a crime. So there's that.

If Trump did nothing wrong, than that would surely show up in the investigation and Trump would be exonerated.

That's already happened. Congressional intelligence committees have said as much. Mueller himself stated recently that Trump is not a "target" of any criminal investigation. So why is the investigation still happening?

So long as Trump broke no laws, and every Trump supporter I've met claims that, then they literally have nothing to fear in this investigation.

Bullshit. If a cop follows you for 500 miles, he WILL find a reason to pull you over. That's why they aren't allowed to do that.

[JimmyS1985]

Is it because you learned so much last time?


Why does that "please" you? Did Trump or his personal attorney commit a crime against you?


Witch hunt. Waste of money. Beyond it's intended scope. A deep state hit-job. Honestly dude, are you really this uninformed?


Are you saying you're not in the 'law and order crowd'?


Actually the rules of the special counsel prevent Mueller from charging a sitting president with a crime. So there's that.


That's already happened. Congressional intelligence committees have said as much. Mueller himself stated recently that Trump is not a "target" of any criminal investigation. So why is the investigation still happening?


Bullshit. If a cop follows you for 500 miles, he WILL find a reason to pull you over. That's why they aren't allowed to do that.

No, just haven't had much to comment on lately. Most people don't like to admit they were duped into voting for a conman. I know I wouldn't, humans don't like to admit they were wrong as a general rule of thumb.

Maybe you can't see this because you indoctrinate yourself with far right American media day in and day out, but people not enveloped in that right wing media bubble, you most definitely elected a more corrupt President than Andrew Johnson, Warren G Harding, or Nixon.

Yea if you visit far right media, he looks saintly, but to non-right wing spun media, he looks like a really shitty President.

There's a good documentary you should consider watching called "The Brainwashing of my Dad", it's basically how far right media sources turned a normal, loving, Kennedy Democrat of a dad, into this far right blowhard who listened to far right media every hour he wasn't at work, clicking through long chain emails from right wing sources, and just being a real general cantankerous piece of shit.

I got one such guy on my friendslist, the general rule is don't argue politics with him, because he's basically utilizing his own set of facts that only exist in the right wing media bubble.

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What do you think of things along this line: you're are not a confident person. You think you are not attractive, are not smart, and are weak. And you want to change that. So, one of the things you do is positive affirmation. You tell yourself that you are a confident person. That you are handsome and smart and strong. In doing so, you begin to becoming more of the person you tell yourself you are, even if you are not or do not believe it (yet).

I think we're getting a bit off topic, but the quick answer is that I think this is distinct from lying in some meaningful ways. Positive affirmation is mainly concerned with the subjective and/or future states of being. Because it functions as a feedback loop, once you enter it, you aren't really lying. I know this feels like a loophole, but I think the phenomenon, while similar to dishonestly is, as I said, meaningfully distinct.