Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Showing Original Post only (View all)Have you ever just had a "feeling" about someone that you could not really explain but that [View all]
somehow prevented you from accepting them as one of the "good guys"?
I felt that way about J. D. Vance from the get-go.
I saw him interviewed about his best-selling book and, I don't know why, but something about his voice, his appearance, his facial expressions just flashed "TILT" across my consciousness. I actually got that little clinch of anger in my gut as I subliminally judged him to be a dangerous fraud: NOT "one of us".
Goofy?
Maybe, but the instinct served me well.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
58 replies, 6243 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (60)
ReplyReply to this post
58 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Have you ever just had a "feeling" about someone that you could not really explain but that [View all]
Atticus
Aug 2021
OP
Could you rip out the pages and put them in the recycling? I've actually wondered
Maraya1969
Aug 2021
#13
TILT is from pinball machines. If you shake the machine too hard, it shuts down and says TILT.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2021
#27
TILT is from pinball machines. If you shake the machine too hard, it shuts down and says TILT.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2021
#26
I still play pinball simulations everyday on my computer. I've been an addict since grade school.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2021
#36
All my life. I have learned to trust that "feeling". It usually is right.
Midnight Writer
Aug 2021
#25
Every interview, every piece on him, everything he wrote for the NYTimes, rang alarm bells with me.
GoneOffShore
Aug 2021
#41
Vance is a product of Calvinist thinking. If you're poor, you deserve to be poor. If you're rich?
GoneOffShore
Aug 2021
#48
Love this description. I've had that all my life, right down to cock the head and stare.
txwhitedove
Aug 2021
#38
i used to educate kids about good touch and bad touch and we always made sure they
samnsara
Aug 2021
#39
I remember as a child having a visceral response when someone wasn't quite right.
jaxexpat
Aug 2021
#42