by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 3, 2020 | Right Wing Lunacy, Science, Science Denial, Vaccination
We wondered: Could the inability of anti-vaxxers to accurately appraise their own knowledge and skills compared to those of medical experts play a role in shaping their attitudes about vaccines? This inability to accurately appraise one’s own knowledge is called the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Partisan Idiocy, Pseudoscience, Psychology, Reason & Rational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy
The 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking Science misinformation and conspiracy theories have surged during coronavirus. This guide can help you identify...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 6, 2020 | Religion, Right Wing Lunacy, What I'm Reading
The other week I picked up the audio book The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart and just finished listening to it the other day. And then almost on cue this interview with the author Katherine Stewart by...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 17, 2017 | • Politics, Loons, Right Wing Lunacy
Behold the wonders of Rep. Louie Gohmert’s conspiracy chart Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has a reputation as one of the more colorful members of Congress. But he outdid himself Tuesday afternoon, putting together an essentially incoherent chart connecting various...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 12, 2017 | Right Wing Lunacy
In a FaceBook group I’m a part of a fellow wrote: Conservatives are going to reap the worldwind for the craziness they and in particular rightwing media have created. The group rated most dangerous by the majority of law enforcement surveyed isn’t Antifa,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 7, 2017 | • Politics, Right Wing Lunacy
A friend of mine the other week posted a Breitbart article entitled Ann Coulter: Media Begging Us for Conspiracy Theories on Las Vegas (I won’t link to Breitbart so google it if you want to read it) where the hate mongering asshole Ann Coulter was pitching the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 3, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Loons, Right Wing Lunacy
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 16, 2017 | Characters on the Right, Climate Change & Global Warming, Right Wing Lunacy, Science Denial
According to RationalWiki…Steve Stefan Molyneux (born 1966) …is a British Irish-Canadian political activist, amateur philosopher and Internet pundit. Since 2005, Molyneux is the host of Freedomain Radio,[2] a podcast where he discusses his philosophy,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 29, 2016 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Right Wing Lunacy, The 2016 Presidential Race
Seth Meyers: “Paranoid” Right-Wing Media Supporting Trump “Fed Their Audience Conspiracy Theories And Racial Resentment” From the October 27 edition of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers: SETH MEYERS (HOST): Here is the crucial question...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 27, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Right Wing Lunacy
The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the rest of America: if you live in a pretend world for long enough you snap The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 13, 2016 | Loons, Right Wing Lunacy
If you ever ingonder about the state of free speech in the United States all you have to do is catch a radio broadcast or YouTube video of Alex Jones to know anyone can say just about anything and get away with it and perhaps sadly build a meager audience for what...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 24, 2016 | • Politics, Right Wing Lunacy, The 2016 Presidential Race
Breitbart, explained: the conservative media giant that wants Trump to burn down the GOP It’s hard to grapple with where the conservative movement is today without understanding Breitbart.com. The publication has long had a huge audience, but its larger...
