Questions Only V: Where's The Beef?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:42 pm

Isn't it likely to be a weak sense of identity?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:48 pm

People were taken by MLK, Jr's charisma. Did his believers have a weak sense of identity, too?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 9:16 pm

Aren't people just as easily taken in by good messages as bad messages?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Fri Oct 30, 2020 11:47 pm

But don't we want people taken in by good messages? Or are you saying that charisma is always dangerous regardless of the quality of the message?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:15 pm

Isn't it always bad to be taken in, even when the message is good, because believing the right thing for the wrong reasons inevitably leads to corruption?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:17 pm

Now that you mention it, as more younger women enter politics, I can totally see myself voting for a woman candidate because she's hot

Who says that's "the wrong reason"?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:03 pm

Did you ever notice that presidents started getting more handsome after 1920?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Sun Nov 01, 2020 11:21 pm

Yes. In one of my books, I talk about the Warren G. Harding Effect. Because he was tall, handsome, and debonair, people assumed he was good presidential material. He ended being a disaster.

FDR was in a wheelchair and somehow this didn't hurt his popularity because he preceded television. Could a disabled person become president today?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:27 pm

Isn't it more likely that people today would vote for them because they're disabled? Did you know that "ableist" is now a word?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:52 pm

Ableism must refer to being prejudiced against the disabled. Fascinating, as Spock would say. I'm still trying to get 'baldism' into the lexicon. There are rabid baldists among us.

How did Patrick Stewart overcome the baldist society from which he came?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:55 pm

Can the bald reduce rabid baldism by being bold and ribald?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:01 pm

Wouldn't it be weird if the bald community developed a reputation for ribalditude when bald people on the screen are rarely portrayed as sexual at all?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:56 pm

What about Kojak and Picard? And Sisko? And that un-cola guy?

scottydog · Post by **scottydog** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:18 am

The Wife makes me watch Hallmark movies, which almost involve romantic leading men, none of whom are ever, ever bald

Who was the un-cola guy?

Post by **RJDiogenes** » Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:58 pm

You don't remember the 7-Up commercials from the 70s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXmc7DG4uu8

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