The psychology of Moore

Forum regular, jdmcg just hooked me up with an incredible link showing a very deep anaylsis of F911 and Moore, and his fans by Kelton Rhoads, Ph.D. the creator of WorkingPsychology.com

Rhoads recently published this article on Moore,which isn’t merely a response piece, rather, it’s an application piece, based on his expertise in the field of psychology. It’s TRULY fascinating, however, it’s a 30 page PDF, so give yourself some time to read it.

One of my favorite quotes:

“Fahrenheit’s scorching of the President’s character uses a “death by papercuts” approach: scores of statistics and insinuations are marshalled to support a sprawling indictment of Presidential ineptitude and fraud. As such, it’s validity as documentationrests largely onthe accuracy of it’s many assertions- so the devil is in the details as always.”

Well as we all know , the details are tenuous at best, flat out lies at worst. The author uses many examples specific to the movie, but this isn’t another , “Here are the facts, here is the truth” rebuttal. It looks at the psychology behind every issue.

The article goes on to describe in detail the propaganda techniques specifically used by Moore, as well as to explain how it is that so many people are lulled into believeing his word is the Gospel.

Read it here

Rhoads is the author of the new book on propaganda called E.W.Y.G.Y.S ( Either way you go you’re screwed).

*edit, sorry, that’s the name of a syndrome named in this book, not the actual title. Rhoads doesn’t mention the title.  Mr. Scorekeeper, please deduct 5 points from Para’s score for being stupid.