In aviation, this is called an “error chain.” It’s one of the concepts taught in ground school. Human error is a frequent element of accidents, so there is a focus on training pilots to find & fix mistakes early to “break” the “error chain” and prevent disaster.

That may be how a lot of people manage addictions. However, when it comes to ideology, leaving one community tends to ripple through a person’s life in a way that completely up-ends it. To leave is to lose everything and everyone that’s dear to you. The thing is, once that door is opened and everything’s already been lost, it becomes easier to question all the other things you were told to believe. I’ve spent a lot of time in areligious spaces (in-person as well as online) and it’s not unusual for former cult members to become full-blown skeptics. The trauma of what they endured provides a strong motivation to avoid becoming duped again in the future.

From the posted article:

Schneider described how she’d been a lifelong Republican and devout evangelical Christian her entire adult life. In 2018, however, “I had an issue with my church.” Schneider was an extremely active volunteer but wanted more of a leadership role. But “because I had a vagina,” she said, church leadership told her that was not possible. That sent Schneider on a journey of exploring new ideas, including voting for President Joe Biden in 2020.

This is a familiar story, and it gives me hope. It also reminds me to look up cult survivor groups to join, because these people need support now more than ever.

Or we can not advocate for revenge porn? There are tons of ways to resolve this scenario without resorting to sexual abuse.

I’m not sure what these canvassers use, but at least on the Harris team they use an app. It uses location data to show canvassers which households to visit, serving the dual purpose of showing where the next house is as well as keeping track of where they’ve gone. On top of that, the app provides a place to record survey answers.

some of America PAC’s outreach has been plagued by disarray, the people familiar with its efforts told Reuters. As with many campaign operations, the group has hired contractors to carry out grass-roots efforts, relying on hourly workers to knock on doors and speak face-to-face with potential voters.

Some of those workers have been difficult to retain. Three canvassers, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters the work isn’t worth the pay, starting at some contractors at as low as $20 per hour. In some cases, they added, canvassers drive long distances in remote areas and don’t get reimbursed for gasoline.

I think this is all extremely telling. First of all, they had to pay for canvassers. Those canvassing on the Harris side are volunteers. That is, those canvassing for Harris do all of the above without being paid or otherwise reimbursed. No doubt the extremely rich think every problem can be solved by throwing money at it - they can’t fathom the intrinsic drives other people have that are more powerful than money. Whether it’s for something terrifying, like fearing for your and your family’s safety, or for something exciting, like breaking a glass ceiling, some forces are so powerful as to motivate people without financial enticement.

Second of all, those canvassers are being paid nearly 3 times the U.S. minimum wage and still say it “isn’t worth the pay.” One has to wonder, why do they believe it isn’t worth it? They don’t tell us in the article, but it’s not hard to imagine being in that scenario. Maybe the way some US right-wingers are known to treat strangers who trespass on their property could play a factor. Or it could be that the wealthy upper management treats their foot-soldiers with distain. Or it could be that they’re overwhelmed with work due to the shortage of staff. I’d rather hear the answer from former canvassers, but with the authoritarian ethos overlaying their entire campaign, I’d be shocked if any of those weren’t a factor.

Speaking of US right-wingers, it’s also very telling that the most die-hard fans aren’t jumping at the opportunity to get paid to spread their gospel politically canvas for their lord and savior favorite authority figure. Is it because the canvass organization failed to connect with them? Or did they connect, but realized that sending those people door-to-door could be a dangerous liability? Or did it turn out that the die-hard fans are only “fair weather friends,” who show up for parties and other happy times, but who’d ignore your calls when you truly need help?

There’s just… a lot to unpack about this situation.

According to The Free Dictionary, the term fellow travelers “originally applied to people in the early days of the Soviet Union who supported the Russian revolution and the Communist Party but were not members.”

Additional fun fact: the name given to the early Russian satellites, “Sputnik,” has a meaning of “fellow traveler." It was mentioned on that dictionary page, but I ran it through Google Translate just to be sure. (See the third option under “More translations.”)

It’s also important not to forget the interpersonal aspect of how their lot get news. A lot of them believe their family and friends’ words more than a published news source. I see an echo to how urban myths got spread in pre-internet days: a neighbor’s cousin’s best friend’s coworker swears the story really happened to them! It must be true!

When a story is emotionally-engaging enough, it will get spread without ever being questioned. Trump’s path to power basically hijacked (and reinforced) that pre-existing tendency.

Not OP, but for me a window popped up and asked for my email, without any button or other option to opt out/make it go away. I got around it by using “Reader” Mode.

The thumbnail above conveniently censors the naughty bits, allowing this article to be SFW.

For real. The fact that all of these are just more Republican lies is extremely disappointing:

“She’s committed to banning fracking, phasing out internal combustion engines, and rolling out the most progressive Green New Deal yet,” another section of the Progress 2028 plan reads.

“will support a nationwide gun buy-back program that will take dangerous weapons off our streets"

“Let’s remove barriers for undocumented immigrants who are undocumented!” one ad states, adding, “Access to affordable housing, driver licenses, and fair wages creates a stronger America for everyone.”

Republicans are so detached from the American people that they think these ideas would scare us. It’s no surprise they suck at parody, but by putting these words into Harris’s mouth they run the ironic risk of pushing undecided Independents or seemingly-ignored Progressives to vote for her.

That is poetry.

It’s definitely possible, I mean…

If you directly translated them, a lot of the time you’d get like “cabbage the horse wheel” or something.

That reminds me of the “Password Strength” comic by xkcd. All right, it’s settled. Next time I need new password, I’m feeding random names into a phonetic name translator.

he told his supporters "to go out and vote on 'January 5th’”

Yes, listen to your dear leader. Mark your calendars and make sure to visit the polls in January. We all know Trump is always right and knows exactly what he’s saying, which is why it’s so important to only follow what he says to do. Don’t listen to any of the liberal lies about when election day supposedly is. They’re just trying to confuse you with more FAKE NEWS.

And I’ve never known a vegan who wasn’t driven solely by cruelty to animals.

There are a lot of reasons that people go vegan. My ex went vegan for environmental reasons. Some people do it primarily for their own health. Some just plain aren’t fans of meat and animal products, through either taste or texture or both.

But you’re probably right about the correlation with a lack of empathy. When it’s considered “masculine” to not care about hurting others, a lot of folks who only know about the “animal cruelty” aspect probably won’t consider any deeper reasons. They and their ilk stick to surface-level appearances, making it not only important that they keep eating meat, but that they make a big deal about it whenever around someone who doesn’t eat meat.

Hey, me too! This election is giving me too much anxiety to just sit around doing nothing. I live close to a swing state and spent last weekend canvassing there. At this stage in the campaign, the “convincing people” part is over - the focus is now on “get out the vote.” It was encouraging to talk to level-headed people who’d made plans to vote or who’d already dropped off their mail-in ballots.

Still, we can’t afford complacency. If anyone else feels the restless need to do something, but you don’t live in/near a swing state, you can volunteer for phone banking.

That election anxiety is there for a reason - let it empower you to leave your comfort zone for a few hours and make a difference where it counts.

The poster above you didn’t put the entire article. Their post was merely the snippet from the end of it.

Earlier on, the article stated:

The Atlantic is a heterodox place, staffed by freethinkers, and for some of us, Kamala Harris’s policy views are too centrist, while for others they’re too liberal.

In other words, this endorsement is the decision of more than one person. It isn’t contradictory for different people to want different things. The whole point was that multiple people have found multiple reasons to come to the same conclusion.

But the article isn’t behind a paywall, and the link is right there. In the search to make sense of an extracted quote, the original source is a good place to start.

I noticed that a link to the segment hasn’t been shared yet. For those who want to watch - VP Kamala Harris Shares A Miller High Life With Stephen Colbert

He’s gaining ground with incels - angry young men, many armed with guns, who grew up in a toxic political landscape and think they have nothing to lose.

Inb4 “sundowning” is caused by liberal space lasers.