27/08/2023
Doctor Scott Norrholm, a neuropsychologist with over twenty years experience, has used his professional experience to analyse just why far right wing men, who are usually white, angry and supporters of Donald Trump, are so fanatically against black history in schools, professional women such as Hilary Clinton, and are preoccupied with LGBT+ people. His essay was published on the website Alternet and is available to read for free. But here are a few quotes from it: "Some scared white men will go to any means to protect themselves – including owning and donning weapons like the AR-style assault rifles we see used repeatedly in mass shootings – to defend themselves against enemies both perceived and created. For example, many shootings like those that occurred in El Paso, Buffalo and Pittsburgh are “justified” by the assailant based on adherence to propaganda that labeled certain groups as the enemy or as a threat to lives and livelihood. So this fear that white males have against individuals that are very unlikely to do you actual harm, is completely contrived and made up. I’ve seen white males driving around with messages on their vehicles with messages of patriotism, maybe encouraging you to stand for the flag or anthem. I’ve seen a lot of white men wearing T-shirts with the American flag on them with slogans that read things like, ‘These colors don’t run.’ These colors don’t run? Donald Trump runs. Josh Hawley runs. Jason Aldean runs...... they have white people running against bogeymen (e.g., Deep State; Special Counsel prosecutors) and imaginary enemies (e.g., liberals looking to take away the gun you inherited from your grandfather or big-town outsiders) with their rallies, books, and songs, respectively. What are white men who cling to their Second Amendment rights and firearms afraid of? Are they afraid of being shot while running alone? Are they afraid of a routine traffic stop that might turn deadly? Are they afraid of getting killed after committing a small, petty crime? Are they afraid of violent immigrants coming for their homes, jobs, and family? (Note: Your odds of being killed by an illegal immigrant through violence are 1 in 138,324,873)."
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/neuroscientist-aldean-desan...
