It would seem that Robert Kennedy Jr. needs so desperately to live up to his family name that he's willing to pursue paths to which his late, and far more justifiably famous family members would have been diametrically opposed. He seems to see the value of his father and his uncle only in terms of fame, fortune, and electoral victory, an…
It would seem that Robert Kennedy Jr. needs so desperately to live up to his family name that he's willing to pursue paths to which his late, and far more justifiably famous family members would have been diametrically opposed. He seems to see the value of his father and his uncle only in terms of fame, fortune, and electoral victory, and, having been seduced into believing his father and his uncle would still be alive if not for the Democrats' failure to protect them or even that Democratic powers-that-be conspired to take them out, seems to have a desire to punish the Democratic Party for the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy Sr.
It's quite likely that he is stuck at the emotional/intellectual/spiritual level of surface understanding of the average 14 year old: easy to manipulate, anxious to prove himself, prone to jumping to premature conclusions based on whatever incomplete bits of information are put in front of him, and very stubbornly unable to change his mind even when presented with new information which clearly contradicts his perspective. (I can't help be wonder who is manipulating him by making him feel victimized and smarter than eveyone else.)
Just as a side note, Jr's psychological dysfunctions bear a striking resemblance to those of Trump's most ardent followers, but that's because the age of 14 is also that age when the average adolescent child begins to naturally try to create their own path by demonstrating independence of thought and action, which in overly-rigid, "conservative" families, communities, and communities of faith is beaten out of them (verbally or physically) by those who are raising them. The death of Kennedy's father at the same age seems to have had the same effect.
RFK Jr. would, therefore, be quite attractive to the Trumpites except that, for "conservatives," believing that all things Democratic are nasty, horrible, evil, and never to be trusted, is part of what was beaten into them as part of their need to constantly demonstrate loyalty to their abusers, which means they'd rather stay home on Election day than vote for ANY Democrat.
Jr. is, however, attractive to the weasels at Fox news because he agrees with them on so much, operates out of the same dysfunctions which give him the same warped perspectives and similar blind spots and deafness, and that "D" behind his name lets them falsely claim that they are not the propaganda wing seeking to brainwash their audience on behalf of the Republican's controlling oligarch class.
It's sad, really, to see someone arising from such an excellent family become the shill being used to act against everything his family once stood for.
It would seem that Robert Kennedy Jr. needs so desperately to live up to his family name that he's willing to pursue paths to which his late, and far more justifiably famous family members would have been diametrically opposed. He seems to see the value of his father and his uncle only in terms of fame, fortune, and electoral victory, and, having been seduced into believing his father and his uncle would still be alive if not for the Democrats' failure to protect them or even that Democratic powers-that-be conspired to take them out, seems to have a desire to punish the Democratic Party for the deaths of John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy Sr.
It's quite likely that he is stuck at the emotional/intellectual/spiritual level of surface understanding of the average 14 year old: easy to manipulate, anxious to prove himself, prone to jumping to premature conclusions based on whatever incomplete bits of information are put in front of him, and very stubbornly unable to change his mind even when presented with new information which clearly contradicts his perspective. (I can't help be wonder who is manipulating him by making him feel victimized and smarter than eveyone else.)
Just as a side note, Jr's psychological dysfunctions bear a striking resemblance to those of Trump's most ardent followers, but that's because the age of 14 is also that age when the average adolescent child begins to naturally try to create their own path by demonstrating independence of thought and action, which in overly-rigid, "conservative" families, communities, and communities of faith is beaten out of them (verbally or physically) by those who are raising them. The death of Kennedy's father at the same age seems to have had the same effect.
RFK Jr. would, therefore, be quite attractive to the Trumpites except that, for "conservatives," believing that all things Democratic are nasty, horrible, evil, and never to be trusted, is part of what was beaten into them as part of their need to constantly demonstrate loyalty to their abusers, which means they'd rather stay home on Election day than vote for ANY Democrat.
Jr. is, however, attractive to the weasels at Fox news because he agrees with them on so much, operates out of the same dysfunctions which give him the same warped perspectives and similar blind spots and deafness, and that "D" behind his name lets them falsely claim that they are not the propaganda wing seeking to brainwash their audience on behalf of the Republican's controlling oligarch class.
It's sad, really, to see someone arising from such an excellent family become the shill being used to act against everything his family once stood for.