First, I need to pay my respects to one of my greatest and maybe most inspiring mentors, the late, truly great Samuel Langhorne Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. This little blogpost and its title were partly inspired by Sam’s surprisingly funny little essay on horrific yet historic differences between French and Comanche cultures (use this link to enjoy Twain’s witty view of “modern” human monstrosity). I also need to give due credit to the arguably wacko/gonzo inspiration provided by David Icke’s damn-the-torpedos!-full-speed-ahead popularization of the truly wacko “ET Reptilians Run the World” conspiracy theories. Icke may be batshit crazy, but a large percentage of what he says is true (and fact-checkable). An indicator of that is all the “official” lies and false quotes of many interesting claims. Yes, obviously, Icke made lots of wildly outrageous (and just plain silly & wrong) claims and predictions. Yet, human brains do have a reptilian or saurian cortex and an amygdala that can be traumatized into habitual over-reaction, short-circuiting our mammalian cortex and human neocortical functions. You can also fact-check those truths.
So, knowing how our brains get hijacked by traumas, threats, fear, hostility, and emotional chemistry lets us understand a great deal of the causes of America’s current state of division. It also brings me to the original point of this post, a brief comparison of Nixon and Trump, as examplars of reptilian behavior.
For instance, despite all his illegal, unconstitutional violations of his oath of office, former Pres. Richard M. Nixon said, “I am not a crook.”
Most of us, including me, thought that was just another outrageous lie, typical of a politician committed to never admitting lying or cheating, and guilt. Now, in this post-truth era of normalized mass-insanity and anti-ethical mass-deception, former Pres. Donald J. Trump makes Nixon look like a tragic patriot who was driven into paranoid psychosis by the Curse of The Oval Office.* Naturally, growing up in a Quaker family, then experiencing the corrupting effects of law school and California politics, then serving as Pres. Eisenhower’s VP must have primed Nixon for mental and moral decline. So, it seems likely that he really believed that his criminal activities were justifiable.
In that case, Nixon would be not guilty, by reason of insanity caused by conflicting beliefs, ambitions, stresses, pressures, forces, dangers, and requirements of his presidency (of the USA). If that is true then, before his time as President, Nixon was not a crook, and not insane. Yet, his first VP, Spiro Agnew, probably contributed to Nixon’s delinquency and moral decay.
Now, in Trump’s case, apparently, his childhood drove him into total corruption and malignant narcissism long before he was elected President. It seems he was not only influenced by his father’s sketchy ethics. Trump clearly seems to agree with Agnew’s strategy (“if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”), which was inspired by Mussolini, Hitler, and other masters of mass-deception and fraud. Getting away with fraud and gaming our bankruptcy system for decades clearly emboldened him. Becoming a “reality TV show” host and global media celebrity would turbo-charge the delusions of any narcissistic egomaniac. Of course, being full of vanity, empty of honesty, devoted to winning “easy” money (cheating), celebrity, and maintaining it made turning Trump into Putin’s tool easy.
So, after studying all the facts, his history, and his ongoing InfoWar against truth and sanity, we can say that Trump was a mentally ill crook before he tried to corrupt the Office of President of the USA, and then kept trying to overthrow our system of government and the rule of law. Yet, Trump is no more guilty than all his enablers, including those who simply do and say nothing to stop him.
So, we can now answer the titular question, “what is the difference, if any, between a Republican and a reptilian (or Saurian) shapeshifter from Draco or Hell?”
We can safely discount Icke’s fantastic rhetoric about reptilians being actual ET shapeshifters. Still, the behaviors of Trumpi-MAGA** fanatics clearly relate to traumatized limbic systems, hyper-active amygdalas, and habitual dominance of the reptilian/saurian cortex. Of course, that enables suppression and repression of the more rational linguistic functions associated with “left-brain” activities (logical analysis, critical thinking, fact-checking, etc.). So, no matter how absurdly false or crazy their Hitler-like leaders pronouncements, we see Trump, Trumpists, and Trumpi MAGA cultists engaging in Nazi-like mass-ritual behaviors in public media-spectacles. In fact, the fascist-authoritarian power dynamics of Trumpist and Trumpi mob mentality have nothing to do with truth or ethical integrity. Like all tyrannical cult leaders, Trump and MAGA Trumpists deliberately pervert factual language to exploit their followers’ hostile-aggressive emotions. Yes, the Trumpist weaponization of language supercharges cult solidarity, while tending to disintegrate identity, intimidate opponents, and frustrate attempts at rational discussion or useful debate.
Thus, both Hitler and Nixon realized that if lies – especially really big, outrageous lies – are repeated enough, long enough, a majority of us will either start believing them or quit questioning them. Of course, like all corrupt egomaniacs who want “absolute power” (to get away with anything, no matter how disgustingly evil or atrociously destructive), Trump clearly realized that long before becoming a “Reality TV” actor. Unlike poor old Nixon (and thanks to largely to the Internet and Putin), Trump seized the chance to do mass-deception on steroids, out-lying even Hitler.
So, those of us who still understand language used for real 2-way communication, for understanding, can see that real Republicans (and sane Conservatives) are really Republicans by their use of language for real 2-way communication, truly rational thinking, effective analysis, and understanding. Trumpists and MAGA Trumpi cultists use language and lies for trying to get whatever they want. Yes, that means that the lowest of MAGA Trumpi Trump fans love/support him because they are as immorally anti-ethical as he is.
* The “curse of the oval room” was an idea that occurred to Dr. Timothy Leary. He saw it as the negative effects of being POTUS, no matter how good and noble the new president was before going in.
**MAGA ideology is clearly a jingoist-fascist- meme used to faux-justify the anti-Christian Far-Right lie that, because America is no longer great, anti-Christians have a fake-right to support any anti-Christ who seems capable of leading them into an ecocidal fascist dictatorship, so all members of the MAGA Trumpi mob can do whatever they want (to whoever they hate or dislike), until their luck runs out (as it always does, eventually, like in Hitler’s Germany, etc.).
Michael Lucas Monterey: Creative Evolutionary
What is The Difference, if Any, Between a Republican and a Reptilian Shapeshifter?
August 1, 2024
First, I need to pay my respects to one of my greatest and maybe most inspiring mentors, the late, truly great Samuel Langhorne Clemens, AKA Mark Twain. This little blogpost and its title were partly inspired by Sam’s surprisingly funny little essay on horrific yet historic differences between French and Comanche cultures (use this link to enjoy Twain’s witty view of “modern” human monstrosity). I also need to give due credit to the arguably wacko/gonzo inspiration provided by David Icke’s damn-the-torpedos!-full-speed-ahead popularization of the truly wacko “ET Reptilians Run the World” conspiracy theories. Icke may be batshit crazy, but a large percentage of what he says is true (and fact-checkable). An indicator of that is all the “official” lies and false quotes of many interesting claims. Yes, obviously, Icke made lots of wildly outrageous (and just plain silly & wrong) claims and predictions. Yet, human brains do have a reptilian or saurian cortex and an amygdala that can be traumatized into habitual over-reaction, short-circuiting our mammalian cortex and human neocortical functions. You can also fact-check those truths.
So, knowing how our brains get hijacked by traumas, threats, fear, hostility, and emotional chemistry lets us understand a great deal of the causes of America’s current state of division. It also brings me to the original point of this post, a brief comparison of Nixon and Trump, as examplars of reptilian behavior.
For instance, despite all his illegal, unconstitutional violations of his oath of office, former Pres. Richard M. Nixon said, “I am not a crook.”
Most of us, including me, thought that was just another outrageous lie, typical of a politician committed to never admitting lying or cheating, and guilt. Now, in this post-truth era of normalized mass-insanity and anti-ethical mass-deception, former Pres. Donald J. Trump makes Nixon look like a tragic patriot who was driven into paranoid psychosis by the Curse of The Oval Office.* Naturally, growing up in a Quaker family, then experiencing the corrupting effects of law school and California politics, then serving as Pres. Eisenhower’s VP must have primed Nixon for mental and moral decline. So, it seems likely that he really believed that his criminal activities were justifiable.
In that case, Nixon would be not guilty, by reason of insanity caused by conflicting beliefs, ambitions, stresses, pressures, forces, dangers, and requirements of his presidency (of the USA). If that is true then, before his time as President, Nixon was not a crook, and not insane. Yet, his first VP, Spiro Agnew, probably contributed to Nixon’s delinquency and moral decay.
Now, in Trump’s case, apparently, his childhood drove him into total corruption and malignant narcissism long before he was elected President. It seems he was not only influenced by his father’s sketchy ethics. Trump clearly seems to agree with Agnew’s strategy (“if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit”), which was inspired by Mussolini, Hitler, and other masters of mass-deception and fraud. Getting away with fraud and gaming our bankruptcy system for decades clearly emboldened him. Becoming a “reality TV show” host and global media celebrity would turbo-charge the delusions of any narcissistic egomaniac. Of course, being full of vanity, empty of honesty, devoted to winning “easy” money (cheating), celebrity, and maintaining it made turning Trump into Putin’s tool easy.
So, after studying all the facts, his history, and his ongoing InfoWar against truth and sanity, we can say that Trump was a mentally ill crook before he tried to corrupt the Office of President of the USA, and then kept trying to overthrow our system of government and the rule of law. Yet, Trump is no more guilty than all his enablers, including those who simply do and say nothing to stop him.
So, we can now answer the titular question, “what is the difference, if any, between a Republican and a reptilian (or Saurian) shapeshifter from Draco or Hell?”
We can safely discount Icke’s fantastic rhetoric about reptilians being actual ET shapeshifters. Still, the behaviors of Trumpi-MAGA** fanatics clearly relate to traumatized limbic systems, hyper-active amygdalas, and habitual dominance of the reptilian/saurian cortex. Of course, that enables suppression and repression of the more rational linguistic functions associated with “left-brain” activities (logical analysis, critical thinking, fact-checking, etc.). So, no matter how absurdly false or crazy their Hitler-like leaders pronouncements, we see Trump, Trumpists, and Trumpi MAGA cultists engaging in Nazi-like mass-ritual behaviors in public media-spectacles. In fact, the fascist-authoritarian power dynamics of Trumpist and Trumpi mob mentality have nothing to do with truth or ethical integrity. Like all tyrannical cult leaders, Trump and MAGA Trumpists deliberately pervert factual language to exploit their followers’ hostile-aggressive emotions. Yes, the Trumpist weaponization of language supercharges cult solidarity, while tending to disintegrate identity, intimidate opponents, and frustrate attempts at rational discussion or useful debate.
Thus, both Hitler and Nixon realized that if lies – especially really big, outrageous lies – are repeated enough, long enough, a majority of us will either start believing them or quit questioning them. Of course, like all corrupt egomaniacs who want “absolute power” (to get away with anything, no matter how disgustingly evil or atrociously destructive), Trump clearly realized that long before becoming a “Reality TV” actor. Unlike poor old Nixon (and thanks to largely to the Internet and Putin), Trump seized the chance to do mass-deception on steroids, out-lying even Hitler.
So, those of us who still understand language used for real 2-way communication, for understanding, can see that real Republicans (and sane Conservatives) are really Republicans by their use of language for real 2-way communication, truly rational thinking, effective analysis, and understanding. Trumpists and MAGA Trumpi cultists use language and lies for trying to get whatever they want. Yes, that means that the lowest of MAGA Trumpi Trump fans love/support him because they are as immorally anti-ethical as he is.
* The “curse of the oval room” was an idea that occurred to Dr. Timothy Leary. He saw it as the negative effects of being POTUS, no matter how good and noble the new president was before going in.
**MAGA ideology is clearly a jingoist-fascist- meme used to faux-justify the anti-Christian Far-Right lie that, because America is no longer great, anti-Christians have a fake-right to support any anti-Christ who seems capable of leading them into an ecocidal fascist dictatorship, so all members of the MAGA Trumpi mob can do whatever they want (to whoever they hate or dislike), until their luck runs out (as it always does, eventually, like in Hitler’s Germany, etc.).
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