By David William Jedell Updated January 4, 2025
When a person feels slighted because of their uncivilized or disagreeable behavior, and they refuse to take responsibility for their personal actions, but rather,
deflect and blame the person who slighted them as being biased against the group of people that they are a member of, then my opinion is that they are a
narcissist with a defect in reason and accountability.
When a group that represents a like minded number of Americans is blamed for the criminal action of one person not having anything to do with such group except for some tangentially related shared non criminal belief, then the person who blames is so enamored with themselves and their erroneous belief against the tangential relation, refusing to even consider that there is a flaw in their logic, then they are a narcissist with a defect in reason.
Conflict. Narcissists do not want to be challenged. They do not want to be confronted, nor do they wish to hear that there is a path to take or an opinion to consider that differs. Narcissists are pathologically defensive, and when you disagree, they are unable to discuss it at face value. They consider you to be offensive, which means you must be neutralized.
https://survivingnarcissism.tv/deflecting-narcissist-2/
Narcissism, Deflection, Deindividuation and Groupthink Dysfunctionality can lead to insane unhinged acting out
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBmUb-YR7M
See also, Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmPZW_zKiuI
Psychiatric patients with Narcissistic Personality Disorder suffer a great deal. Dr. Heinz Kohut describes the depression and anxiety that a narcissistic patient may feel as “the deepest anxiety a man can experience.” NPD has also been described to be as overwhelming as the fear of death. The torment narcissistic patients suffer should never be discounted. Furthermore, these patients can and do present a risk. They feel less than human when they encounter even minor failures and, in order to regain a sense of unity within themselves, they act in ways that seem narcissistic to others.
Groupthink is a term first used in 1972 by social psychologist Irving L. Janis that refers to a psychological phenomenon in which people strive for consensus within a group. In many cases, people will set aside their own personal beliefs or adopt the opinion of the rest of the group.
People who are opposed to the decisions or overriding opinion of the group as a whole frequently remain quiet, preferring to keep the peace rather than disrupt the uniformity of the crowd. In many cases, people end up engaging in groupthink when they fear that their objections might disrupt the harmony of the group or suspect that their ideas might cause other members to reject them.
Groupthink occurs when a group with a particular agenda makes irrational or problematic decisions because its members value harmony and coherence over accurate analysis and critical evaluation. Individual members of the group are strongly discouraged from any disagreement with the consensus and set aside their own thoughts and feelings to unquestioningly follow the word of the leader and other group members. In a groupthink situation, group members refrain from expressing doubts, judgments or disagreement with the consensus and ignore any ethical or moral consequences of any group decision that furthers their cause. Risk-taking is common, and the lack of creativity and independent thinking have negative personal and political implications for both group members and outsiders. Groupthink decisions rarely have successful outcomes.
Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment.” Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanize other groups. A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision making.[5]
In contemporary social psychology,
deindividuation refers to a diminishing of one's sense of individuality that occurs with behavior disjointed from personal or social standards of conduct. For example, someone who is an anonymous member of a mob will be more likely to act violently toward a police officer than a known individual. In one sense, a deindividuated state may be considered appealing if someone is affected such that he or she feels free to behave impulsively without mind to potential consequences. However, deindividuation has also been linked to "violent and anti-social behavior."
Reject the source entirely as propaganda when you hear or read "What you should know..." or "Experts say..." or "Fact check..." or "Most people believe..." "Polls indicate..." or "Scientists believe such and such MIGHT be true ..." or "Protestors complain about..." or "Doctor gives medical advice (Ph.d in English literature) ..." or "The good news is...' See, The Press: Equivocal, https://time.com/archive/6766558/the-press-equivocal/
Undoing the Dumbing Down America
Scientific studies have found that students who receive explicit phonics instruction outperform those who receive non-systematic or no phonics instruction. A systematic approach to phonics is particularly beneficial for struggling readers and those with reading difficulties. Examples of Systematic Phonics Instruction. Systematic phonics instruction involves a clear and detailed approach to teaching students the relationships between letters and sounds. Here are some examples of strategies and approaches that align with the principles of clear, detailed, and systematic instruction:
Start with single letter sounds: Begin by teaching students the individual sounds that each letter represents. For example, show students the letter “A” and explain that it makes the /a/ sound.
Introduce letter combinations: Once students have a solid grasp of single letter sounds, move on to teaching them about letter combinations. For instance, teach students that when the letters “s” and “h” are combined, they make the /sh/ sound.
Teach spelling patterns: Help students recognize common spelling patterns by providing them with examples and practice. For instance, demonstrate that the letter combination “er” often makes the /er/ sound in words like “teacher” or “hiker.”
Use manipulatives: Incorporate hands-on materials like letter tiles, letter symbols, or magnetic letters to engage students in the learning process. These visual and tactile tools help students connect the sounds of letters to their corresponding symbols.
Provide daily reading and writing activities: Give students plenty of opportunities to practice their phonics skills through reading and writing activities. For example, have them read short passages that contain words with specific phonetic patterns, or ask them to write sentences using words they have learned.
In the United States, 54% of American adults read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level, and nearly one in five adults reads below a third-grade level.
https://www.thepolicycircle.org/brief/literacy/#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%2C%2054,below%20a%20third%2Dgrade%20level.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers. The teaching method associated with this idea is known as "whole word." When kids struggle to learn how to read, it can lead to a downward spiral in which behavior, vocabulary, knowledge and other cognitive skills are eventually affected by slow reading development. A disproportionate number of poor readers become high school dropouts and end up in the criminal justice system.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading.
References
McLean M.D., Jamie, Psychotherapy with a Narcissistic Patient Using Kohut's Self Psychology Model, (2007), Psychiatry
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2860525/
Heinz Kohut, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Kohut
Kendra, Kerry, Understanding Groupthink; How to Recognize and Avoid It, Very Well Mind (March 12, 2018)
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-groupthink-2795213
Groupthink, Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/groupthink
What is Groupthink?
http://www.psysr.org/about/pubs_resources/groupthink%20overview.htm
Dystopian America
1984 (1956 film) - Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpGThhWTW2E
Orwell's Animal Farm Movie
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1z3zqt
The Obsolete Man S2 Twilight Zone full epsiode
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6ywhne
Orwell's final warning - Picture of the future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_ptxWsadI
George Orwell and 1984: How Freedom Dies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37N0aFmO19o
Nineteen Eighty-Four Explained (1984) | George Orwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1-2y2XELxU
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