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Vicky Alvear Shecter
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Feb 11, 2021

Why Do So Many Trump Supporters Deny Facts?

Denial, some psychologists say, is an evolutionary survival strategy. As humans and consciousness evolved, an understanding of the inevitability and finality of death followed. Those who could not get past the disheartening reality of looming death were selected out, because, one presumes, never leaving your cave because — “What’s the…

Denial

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Why Do So Many Trump Supporters Deny Facts?
Why Do So Many Trump Supporters Deny Facts?
Denial

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Nov 7, 2020

Fox Is Destabilizing Our Democracy

Who doubts that Fox has the power to drive swarms of AR-15-carrying Trumpers to “reclaim” ‘Merica if they called for it. — When one media outlet has the power to incite violence, we need to reconsider its place in our society. Fox News is currently tiptoeing the line between supporting the onslaught of lies from the President and outright exaggerating and exacerbating them. Lou Dobbs is particularly dangerous in this regard. He…

Fox News

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Fox Is Destabilizing Our Democracy
Fox Is Destabilizing Our Democracy
Fox News

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Oct 20, 2020

Dear Trump Supporter: Is it ALL Fake News? Really?

On multiple occasions I’ve tried to discuss Trump issues with his supporters only to be interrupted every 3.45 seconds with shouts of “Fake News!” It stuns me every time. How do you engage with folks who believe tens of thousands of professionally trained journalists from around the world are somehow…

Fake News

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Dear Trump Supporter: Is it ALL Fake News? Really?
Dear Trump Supporter: Is it ALL Fake News? Really?
Fake News

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Sep 21, 2020

Imaginary Conversations I’ve Had with Trump Supporters

Trump supporter: Why do you hate him so much? You guys have Trump Derangement Syndrome! We didn’t “start” hating him when he became president — we’ve been dubious about him since he came onto the scene in the 1980s. He’s got a looooooong history of cheating, hurting the little guy…

Trump

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Imaginary Conversations I’ve Had with Trump Supporters
Imaginary Conversations I’ve Had with Trump Supporters
Trump

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Jun 15, 2020

Why Do Trump Supporters Believe He’s Doing a Great Job?

The fact that Trump supporters believe Trump is doing a great job in the face of liberal certainty that we are crackling in a dumpster fire continues to fascinate me. Can we really put all the blame on Fox News propaganda and right-wing media cheerleading? Or is there a deeper…

Trumpism

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Why Do Trump Supporters Believe He’s Doing a Great Job?
Why Do Trump Supporters Believe He’s Doing a Great Job?
Trumpism

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Apr 1, 2019

Why We Must Push Back on Recent Lies About the Origin of the Mueller Investigation

How using conservative sources to set the record straight may help Fox News and some Republicans are now claiming that a “fake, phony dossier” started the entire Muller investigation. That’s not even remotely true. The infamous Steele dossier — a series of notes by a former British spy — was…

Mueller Investigation

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Why We Must Push Back on Recent Lies About the Origin of the Mueller Investigation
Why We Must Push Back on Recent Lies About the Origin of the Mueller Investigation
Mueller Investigation

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Jan 23, 2019

Six Times CovCath Chaperones Should Have Stepped In…But Didn’t

Amidst the back-and-forth over the behavior of the Covington Catholic School boys at last week’s march, I blame the grown-ups. Twenty adults accompanied 240 boys from Kentucky to Washington to participate in a potentially highly-charged political event. They should have been on high alert. So where the hell where they? …

Covington Catholic

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Six Times CovCath Chaperones Should Have Stepped In…But Didn’t
Six Times CovCath Chaperones Should Have Stepped In…But Didn’t
Covington Catholic

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Jan 19, 2019

Gillette’s Commercial and Girl Cooties

The conservative reaction to the Gillette ad on masculinity has been fascinating. TV personality Piers Morgan accused the Gillette commercial of suggesting that all men are “evil.” …

Gillette Ad

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Gillette Ad

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Dec 27, 2018

What Happened When a Trump Supporter Challenged Me About the Wall

I explained exactly why a wall won’t work, using conservative sources to prove it — A conservative challenged liberal Facebook friends to “make a case, not based on emotion” against Trump’s wall. Conservative buddies flooded his post with snide remarks about how this would be impossible for “deluded libs.” “Okay, I’ll play,” I responded. To avoid being accused of bias, I explained that I would…

Immigration

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What Happened When A Trump Supporter Challenged Me About the Wall
What Happened When A Trump Supporter Challenged Me About the Wall
Immigration

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Apr 15, 2018

Dear Neighbor, Stop Calling 911 on Anyone Who Doesn’t Look Like You

A white neighbor called the cops on black teens at a pool party, which ended with an officer drawing a gun on children. A white teacher called the police on a brown Muslim student who brought a clock to school. …

BlackLivesMatter

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Dear Neighbor, Stop Calling 911 on Anyone Who Doesn’t Look Like You
Dear Neighbor, Stop Calling 911 on Anyone Who Doesn’t Look Like You
BlackLivesMatter

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Vicky Alvear Shecter

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Author of historical fiction set in the ancient world as well as books on mythology and history for kids.

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