cognitive dissonance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

Am not really sure why am posting this here, as am sure that the three or four regular (?) readers of this blog are as astonished/amazed/horrified at the peculiar mindset of the American president as i am.

Am not even really sure that what i read on the interwebs and "news" reports about him are true or not -

however, i do read the 'reproductions' of some of his 'tweets' and have decided that the bloke is mentally unbalanced. Wasn't even sure what to call it - but cognitive dissonance came to mind.

 Frankly, i don't really care how much of a twit the twat is; doesn't affect ME very much - however, it does seem to be affecting the Australian political leadership(?) a fair bit. Mr. Harbourside Mansion (Prime Minister) seems to have taken some sort of cue, and is ramping up our own draconian "internal security". (as well as ramping up his 'furious' attacks on South Australia for "mindlessly" pursuing the policy of increasing wind and solar electricity generation. While yep, South Au does have the highest consumer price for electricity - that price is mainly set and driven by "interstate" suppliers (mostly coal generated - which makes me wonder that IF coal generation is "cheaper" - how come they charge MORE for it ??)

 Oh, back to one of President Twit's tweets. Can't find the exact tweet* just now, but relates to the so-called "deal" Between the Aussie gummint and Barack Obama - about the re-location of 1250 unfortunate refugees that we've parked, indefinitely, on some tropical hellhole of an island.

For a start, Donny Boy - there are not "thousands", and they're not "criminals" and it was never a "dumb deal" as America was given every chance to "choose" which one's to accept.

The other 'half cocked' Presidential decree is about the banning of citizens from countries which, by all accounts, have never supplied a 'terrorist' attack on American soil.

IN CONTRAST .....

have been looking up the statistics on American "home grown" mass murders.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/08/trump-muslim-terrorists-gun-violence-america-deaths
(well worth a read).

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2015/oct/02/mass-shootings-america-gun-violence
(really worth a look, this one - pictorial graphic).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

 http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting

This, of course, doesn't include the hundreds of thousands (millions) of civilians murdered by America in someone elses country  since 2009.... but am guessing "State sponsored " Terrorism doesn't really  really compute in some peoples 'world view'.



*https://thewest.com.au/news/world/trump-tweets-on-australian-refugee-dumb-deal-ng-b88374394z


 

Am Disgusted

OK, have had enough. Am annoyed. Don’t really care whether the next sentences label me as racist, bigoted or fundamentalist.

Muslims are not doing themselves any favours.

Have just been reading/watching some of the recent news from London. Those two black ‘Muslims’ are not ‘terrorists’ - just brutal, common, callous murderers.

O, yes, am aware that ‘christians’ can be accused of the same. However - perhaps it’s just the 'bias’ of the local ‘news’ meeja - BUT - how come there is so much ‘factional’ killing and murder in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt ... etc.  Is it just a “Muslim” thing - in which case methinks 'the powers that be’ in the more 'civilised’ nations should just 'butt out’ -  if Muslims want, demand, are impelled; to kill each other - let them. Just insist that those people don’t ‘export’ that sort of murderous attitude.

It bothers me that, in Australia, we - (as far as I am aware) - don’t accept that sort of crap; and IF that is what people want - or are impelled - to emigrate here .. “for a better life  ..?” DO NOT COME HERE!

There is no reason to bring - or try to impose - ANY sort of tribal feuds that involve murder.

Nor, i presume - into England, or any other country which allows “refugee” status.



There is, of course, the excuse that ‘the West’ makes them do it. Crap. They've had 1500 years to build safe, stable, civilised communities ... WHY DID THEY NOT.

Murder is murder. Perhaps Muslims have a different notion of what “murder” or - more specifically "homicide" is.