Is the Plural of Anecdote Preference Cascade?

Posted on March 21, 2016 by novahockey

I spent the weekend in Nashville for a college guys weekend. I did not know that it is bachelorette party central. But that’s neither here nor there.

Couple of things I heard of interest.
My uber drivers was a Trump voter. He’s always voted Democratic before, including for Obama who he likes very much. on of my friends in involved in Ohio Democratic politics. He is very concerned about Trump. A contacts is a lawyer who works on Muslim immigration issues. So the younger guys who work for him (all Muslims) are all Trump supporters. WTF is that about: “He can’t deport us or stop us from coming, but he can be more fair on the Israel matter.”

So there you go.

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  1. yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 10:32 am said:

    That is some really strong cognitive dissonance. It’s where single-issue fanaticism takes you. They do know Trump is giving a speech to AIPAC?

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    • yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 2:23 pm said:

      In his defense, isn’t it hard to pose for a photo anywhere in Havana and not be in front of a Che Guevara picture?

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      • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 2:40 pm said:

        yello:

        In his defense, isn’t it hard to pose for a photo anywhere in Havana and not be in front of a Che Guevara picture?

        No, it isn’t that hard.

        Undoubtedly the Cubans deliberately arrange these types of political events so that public photos are staged right in front of that particular Che monument. You’d have to be pretty naive to think it was just chance. If Obama didn’t expect this, he’s a f’n idiot. My guess is that he knew it was all part of the plan and approved of it.

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        • yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 2:44 pm said:

          Has the Marine Corps Band rehearsed The Internationale yet? Because The Star Spangled Banner is really hard to sing.

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        • Brent Nyitray, on March 21, 2016 at 2:54 pm said:

          “Has the Marine Corps Band rehearsed The Internationale yet? Because The Star Spangled Banner is really hard to sing.”

          They’re tied up with the latest mandatory sensitivity training…

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      • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 3:08 pm said:

        yello:

        Now here is some good Socialist iconography:

        It doesn’t get much more iconic than Che.

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        • yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 3:15 pm said:

          Sure. He’s the Jim Morrison of communist revolutionaries but just as The Doors pale in comparison to The Beatles, Che can’t hold a candle to the work of Lenin. That guy has a tomb in Red Square and everything.

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        • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 3:49 pm said:

          yello:

          Che can’t hold a candle to the work of Lenin.

          I thought we were talking about iconography. Lenin may have been a much more prolific murderer than Guevera (although he did give it the old college try), but for on-going public relations it’s tough to beat Guevera. With respect to the American/European left, Lenin doesn’t hold a candle to the cachet of Guevera.

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    • Let the mutherfuker burn!, on March 21, 2016 at 3:27 pm said:

      It’s interesting to me he didn’t get an airport greeting from Raul Castro like the Pope and Putin have gotten. Seems a waste of a trip and symbolism not to have the pictures.

      Was it Castro or Obama’s idea? It’s hard to fathom how a greeting hurts Obama reputation since he’s going to Cuba and all. Is Castro sending the message, “fuck you”, you’re not worth a trip to the airport, come to me and grovel at my palace? If so, what do our leftist commenters think of it?

      Just weird is all, why the Pope, or any other world leader but not Obama? Also, if it was Obama’s idea, why?

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    • Michigoose, on March 21, 2016 at 5:53 pm said:

      Oh, please. Really? That’s what you’re going to bitch about?

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      • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 7:32 pm said:

        Mich:

        That’s what you’re going to bitch about?

        I’m not sure making a simple observation constitutes “bitching”. But I will certainly grant you that on the long list of stupid things Obama has done as president, posing with the dregs of the world’s remaining communists in front of a Che Guevera monument probably doesn’t even crack the top ten.

        Still, you have to admit that getting the President of the US to pose in front of a big Gueverra memorial represents a propaganda coup he needn’t have given them. He and his handlers are either too stupid to grasp the symbolism, or he actually embraces it himself. I’m not sure which one I think is the reason. Nor which is worse.

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        • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 8:25 pm said:

          yello:

          It’s a good thing no True Conservative would ever pose in front of a communist icon

          5 hours. I’m surprised it took you so long to dredge that up. Frankly I expected you would go with a Nixon in China photo.

          Not sure why you introduced the idea of a “true conservative” but since you have, to be honest I think that only a true conservative could have done it with positive effects. Let’s think…a hardcore anti-communist President who had labeled the Soviet Union the “Evil Empire” appearing inside the Soviet Union on the verge of its collapse. Is that more likely to appear as a propaganda coup for communism or a propaganda coup for anti-communism? A notoriously left-wing academic-turned-President who is reversing nearly 60 years of American policy towards one of the only remaining communist regimes left in the world appearing inside that regime looks to me like a rather different message.

          But I guess YMMV.

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        • markinaustin, on March 21, 2016 at 8:47 pm said:

          Reversing the isolation of Cuba is a victory for capitalism. BHO’s disagreement with Castro on the meaning of human rights, in Cuba, with a planned visit to dissidents tomorrow, is all to the good.

          The POTUS in standing in front of a Guevara statue is a big FU to the so called Cuban Revolution.

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        • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 8:54 pm said:

          Mark:

          BHO’s disagreement with Castro on the meaning of human rights, in Cuba, with a planned visit to dissidents tomorrow, is all to the good

          I agree with that.

          The POTUS in standing in front of a Guevara statue is a big FU to the so called Cuban Revolution.

          Yeah, right. Which is why the Castro regime staged it to happen.

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        • Michigoose, on March 21, 2016 at 8:32 pm said:

          Whatever, Scott. If it helps you sleep at night. . .

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        • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 8:50 pm said:

          Mich:

          If it helps you sleep at night. . .

          Huh?

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        • yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 8:37 pm said:

          As I alluded to earlier, this is like when Obama put his feet on the presidential desk without a jacket on and it was taken as irrefutable proof that he had no respect for the office. And then there emerged dozens of photos of Dubya in shirtsleeves with his feet all over same desk. It’s silly hypocritical point scoring.

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        • ScottC, on March 21, 2016 at 8:48 pm said:

          Here’s the speech Reagan gave in front of Lenin. Difficult to see Obama giving such a speech, talking about the virtues of free markets and the perils of government planners, inside US much less inside Cuba.

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        • markinaustin, on March 21, 2016 at 8:52 pm said:

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        • yellojkt, on March 21, 2016 at 9:02 pm said:

          Here are excerpts from Obama’s speech:

          I’m also joined by some of America’s top business leaders and entrepreneurs because we’re ready to pursue more commercial ties, which create jobs and opportunity for Cubans and Americans alike.
          {snip}
          At the same time, as we do wherever we go around the world, I made it clear that the United States will continue to speak up on behalf of democracy, including the right of the Cuban people to decide their own future. We’ll speak out on behalf of universal human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly and religion. Indeed, I look forward to meeting with and hearing from Cuban civil society leaders tomorrow.
          {snip}
          At this afternoon’s entrepreneurship event, I’ll discuss additional steps we’re taking to help more Cubans learn, innovate and do business online, because in the 21st century, countries cannot be successful unless their citizens have access to the Internet.{blockquote}

          Sure sounds like a pinko appeaser to me.

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        • Let the mutherfuker burn!, on March 21, 2016 at 9:09 pm said:

          Yello, in your option does the US have political prisoners?

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        • ScottC, on March 22, 2016 at 6:57 am said:

          yello:

          Sure sounds like a pinko appeaser to me.

          Heh. It is a notable sign of where we’re at philosophically if merely uttering the word “entrepreneur” constitutes the promotion of free markets.

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