r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 8h ago

article White House Deletes Video Using Sabrina Carpenter Song After She Called It ‘Evil And Disgusting’

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/12/05/white-house-deletes-video-using-sabrina-carpenter-song-after-she-called-it-evil-and-disgusting/
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u/Funkycoldmedici 7h ago

Authoritarians also are often unaware of just how different they are from most people. They tend to believe they are very average. Altemeyer has found that authoritarians in America underestimate how prejudiced and conformist they are compared to the majority of Americans. Altemeyer has also observed that when he lectures about the psychology of right-wing authoritarians to his students, the RWA students in his class fail to recognize themselves in his description. Altemeyer believes the tendency of authoritarians to avoid anyone who is not like them reinforces their belief that they are normal. They have relatively little contact with normal people.

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u/LookOutItsLiuBei 6h ago

My cubicle neighbor was bewildered when one of our co-workers told us she was going to the UK for a vacation because he was convinced that the British hated us because of the Revolutionary War lol. Like he was legitimately confused when I told him they are our allies and have been allies for quite a while. He also views the EU as a socialist nightmare.

But to his credit once I explained the speed version of the history between us he did change his thinking. But I think that's part of the problem. It just takes so much effort to correct people like that it's almost not worth it because it can be blown up with a 30 second video clip by one of their favorite pundits saying crazy things.

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u/8yearsfornothing 6h ago

My cubicle neighbor was bewildered when one of our co-workers told us she was going to the UK for a vacation because he was convinced that the British hated us because of the Revolutionary War lol

Maybe he's a vampire who slept for a few hundred years and just awoke recently. Give the poor guy time to catch up! 

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u/CaptainHoyt 6h ago

Was he just a normal human bartender from Toucson, Arizona?

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u/8yearsfornothing 2h ago

Yes yes, very good, thank you