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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:45 AM Original message |
DU psychologists or psychiatrists or people who know more than me, is there a name for this? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Are you telling me the US tortured? First I've heard of it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's so weird. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. I'm reminded of the way the new$ created the Waterboarding controversy |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. isn't;t it denial? or when you "block:" something-it's pretty common, i think all of us block things |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That could be part of it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It seems to be a type of denial. But what is remarkable |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. It is a PsyOps technique. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I think it is PsyOps and very subtle. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Stockholm Syndrome, some kind of weird state of denial. It's disturbing. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. It is called HUOA Syndrome... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. Denial, a type of co-dependency |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Hm, dunno, I do know its more than mere apathy - and it does seem there would be lower... |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
10. Deja Huh? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
12. Repressed memories? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. There stories never seem to make it into long term memory. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. A lie by omission. If you pretend it doesn't exist, then there's no accountability |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. On the media's side and even among some politicians, sure, that is true. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. It's like those guys who have brain damage that prevents long term memory storage - |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. don't know what you call it......... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It's exactly like that. Ouch. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Have no idea |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. Living in Denial.. |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. Because we are bored. Early man got his excitement from fighting |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. There seems to be some kind of mass psychosis occuring.. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Maybe a shame system activated that is dealt with by denial? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
22. I am not a psychologist or a psychiatrist, but I can give you a simple answer. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Yeah, I agree with that. So, these stories are in themselves traumatic? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. They are to me. I know that much. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. Might be |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. Repression? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. There is some of that. But does it explain threads of 30-40 responses -- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
29. We DON'T torture! We pursuade with extreme prejudice! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. language of addiction/dysfunction is most helpful -- it's denial-enabling behavior |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. This makes sense. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Except it isn't really that because readers of the story really do respond to them. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. Disassociation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Dissociation would go with the idea that these stories are traumatic |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. I call it "Deja-Huh?" |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think the language of social science is more appropriate. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. That model works well. The quibble I'd have is that while we are being lied to, |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I believe Cheney and his corporate media propaganda machine are conditioning the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Iirc, Rove said that and yeah, we're being de-sensitized big time.n/t |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. I'm not sure how many people actually forget altogether though. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Thank you for the info! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. izzybeans, this is very interesting: |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That's why I don't wish being a historian on anyone, but I'm glad |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
40. Groundhog Day Disorder |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. I say it's cognitive dissonance. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. But you'd think, as in the case where we knew Cheney was involved with torture, |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm thinking "learned helplessness" |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
44. yes: trolls nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Not trolls this time. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-16-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
50. K&R |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
57. Just wanted to say 'Thank you' to everyone. The replies have been much appreciated |
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