AViDD "believer" Type-1 and Type-2 Syndromes 11-04-08 mpg Michael Moore And The Great Barack Hope A quote...."When Amy Goodman asked how Michael Moore could say that he was opposed to war and yet support a candidate who has announced his intentions to commit the same crimes against humanity as are being committed by the Bush cabal and which were committed by the Clinton regime, the rotund Republican-lite moviemaker said, "well, I don't know if I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I'm hoping that he breaks his campaign promise, like all politicians do. I'm counting on him to be a good politician and do that". Michael Moore is hoping that O-BOMB-A is just a liar instead of a mass murderer. One can only imagine that, given his ponderous weight, the arteries to his brain must have become completely clogged." Leaving aside the personal (and unnecessary) attacks against Mr. Moore, it does appear that Mr. Moore, along with a very large portion of the America people, are currently suffering from Audio Visual Disassociative Disorder (AViDD “believer” type-1 syndrome). AViDD type-1 is the flip side of Audio Visual Delusional Disorder (AViDD “believer” type-2 syndrome) which is typically suffered by people who are mentally impaired and are always engaged in "faith based" interpretations of reality. AViDD type-2 sufferers have a substantially reduced interest in understanding the facts or even the ability to comprehend them, nor do they have any ability to empathize with someone else's plight, they are unable to "walk in their shoes" so to speak. With AViDD type-2 syndrome, a person believes what he's told or shown even if it's contrary to reality and all the information freely available that may contradict what he's just been told or shown. AViDD type 2 sufferers are always coming up with new excuses for why their espoused "world views" or paradigms never seem to work out, sometimes changing the rational for their actions on almost a daily basis. A person suffering from this syndrome will usually make statements like "the facts don't matter" or "we create our own reality"; they will usually lie constantly and exhibit bizarre forms of behavior such as attacking other people murdering millions of them all the while saying they're "helping" these other people, that they're killing them to "save" them. In other words they "delude" themselves and remain fixated on their world views despite all the evidence that exists to the contrary that their world views do not accurately model reality. That they are not predictive, the true rock-bottom test for any paradigm. AViDD type-1 is a more pernicious and dangerous type of syndrome and is almost the mirror image opposite of AViDD type-2. AViDD type-1 sufferers are usually more intelligent and have the ability to critically analyze reality and incorporate the observable "facts" in their over-arching paradigm or worldview. They're usually more empathic towards another person's plight and sympathetic to their needs. However, unlike AViDD type 2 sufferers, a person with AViDD type-1 syndrome disregards what he's being told, even if in most cases it actually does conform with reality. Instead of making excuses for their world views (because they're usually more accurate), AViDD type-1 sufferers will usually make excuses for the other persons actions. They'll usually try to justify their trust in other people by coming up with outlandish reasons or justifications for their contradictory behaviors, they'll try not to be "judgmental", they’ll constantly make “allowances” and give that person more benefit of the doubt then they may actually deserve. AViDD type-1 sufferers are commonly referred to as easy "marks" or “rubes”. They “dissociate” what the person actually says, thinks or does from that person’s actions or the resultant consequences of that person’s actions. They'll freely acknowledge the "facts” and all the harm that person might be doing but they will constantly justify them and state “the person is trying to do good" even though the results manifestly say otherwise. – mpg |