Krystal Ball's conflict of interests helps explain her gross mistreatment of RFK, Jr.
Just as this "journalist" had a big FINANCIAL interest in promoting lockdown, so (it turns out) does she have a PERSONAL stake in taking down Joe Biden's leading rival
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Hundreds of thousands of people are outraged by what she did to RFKJr and yet, Krystal Ball has not apologized to her audience. Why? She simply can't because well, that's a classic trait of a true narcissist. Thank you, Dr. Crispin Miller - in reality, this is psychopathic behavior in that it involved families being destroyed, children being forced to stay home with their abusers, while missing their only hot meal of the day, and a drop of 20 to 22 points in IQ. Teen suicide is off the scale and yet, this woman went into the RFKJr interview with ZERO preparation. She could have listened and learned from one of the greatest authorities on vaccines on the planet, but instead, she chose to demean him in the nastiest manner possible. Hopefully, we'll see a lot less of her.
Marianne Williamson lost both her campaign manager and communications director in one day. Interesting. Perhaps, KB can apply for that job.
I cannot get enough of this story. I've listened to Jimmy Dore, Kim Iversen, Nick Cruise (lefty podcaster) and Glenn Greenwald, all of whom have had invaluable insights on Ball and on what transpired here. I've also listened to Ball's husband, Kyle Kulinski, analyze the video from his own incredibly uninformed and equally interest-conflicted vantage point.
Of special note was Greenwald's analysis, in which he looked at what Krystal called her "red line." The "anti-vax advocacy," or "whatever you want to call it," was, she said, her red line as a voter.
But, when pushed on the issue, she could only cite superficial mainstream talking points. She really had no knowledge, had obviously not researched this thoroughly, had merely "watched some of RFK's videos," and was "unconvinced."
How can a person have a clear red line on an issue that they really haven't looked into? Isn't that an incredibly bold and shocking statement? It's almost like saying, "Protecting Malta is my absolute Red Line," and then someone asking, "Where is Malta?" and then not actually knowing.
It reveals the utter and absolute depths of her brainwashing. But, as Greenwald points out, we are all susceptible to this propaganda (some more than others, of course, and perhaps readers of this substack are more well-armored against it than most). But Ball's Red Line came from decades of being propagandized by doctors at her children's well visits, from pharma-funded media, from schools that have normalized vaccine mandates since the 80s, a whole host of influences of which she is completely unaware.
Come to think of it, I see myself in her because before the covid crisis, I might have said exactly the same thing. I too mistrusted "anti-vaxxers," and so on.
It's downright fascinating to see this play out. People are responding so strongly to it because we recognize what is at work here. But I think we all maybe see a bit of ourselves in her, and horror at all our own moments of ignorance or quickness to assume positions unthinkingly. We see our own vulnerability, also, in the face of all of society's unrelentingly aggressive tools of persuasion and power.
Also worth noting is that her show lost 4,000 subscribers in two days, which is remarkable. I think this video clip is actually an amazingly important historical document.
Hundreds of thousands of people are outraged by what she did to RFKJr and yet, Krystal Ball has not apologized to her audience. Why? She simply can't because well, that's a classic trait of a true narcissist. Thank you, Dr. Crispin Miller - in reality, this is psychopathic behavior in that it involved families being destroyed, children being forced to stay home with their abusers, while missing their only hot meal of the day, and a drop of 20 to 22 points in IQ. Teen suicide is off the scale and yet, this woman went into the RFKJr interview with ZERO preparation. She could have listened and learned from one of the greatest authorities on vaccines on the planet, but instead, she chose to demean him in the nastiest manner possible. Hopefully, we'll see a lot less of her.
Marianne Williamson lost both her campaign manager and communications director in one day. Interesting. Perhaps, KB can apply for that job.
I cannot get enough of this story. I've listened to Jimmy Dore, Kim Iversen, Nick Cruise (lefty podcaster) and Glenn Greenwald, all of whom have had invaluable insights on Ball and on what transpired here. I've also listened to Ball's husband, Kyle Kulinski, analyze the video from his own incredibly uninformed and equally interest-conflicted vantage point.
Of special note was Greenwald's analysis, in which he looked at what Krystal called her "red line." The "anti-vax advocacy," or "whatever you want to call it," was, she said, her red line as a voter.
But, when pushed on the issue, she could only cite superficial mainstream talking points. She really had no knowledge, had obviously not researched this thoroughly, had merely "watched some of RFK's videos," and was "unconvinced."
How can a person have a clear red line on an issue that they really haven't looked into? Isn't that an incredibly bold and shocking statement? It's almost like saying, "Protecting Malta is my absolute Red Line," and then someone asking, "Where is Malta?" and then not actually knowing.
It reveals the utter and absolute depths of her brainwashing. But, as Greenwald points out, we are all susceptible to this propaganda (some more than others, of course, and perhaps readers of this substack are more well-armored against it than most). But Ball's Red Line came from decades of being propagandized by doctors at her children's well visits, from pharma-funded media, from schools that have normalized vaccine mandates since the 80s, a whole host of influences of which she is completely unaware.
Come to think of it, I see myself in her because before the covid crisis, I might have said exactly the same thing. I too mistrusted "anti-vaxxers," and so on.
It's downright fascinating to see this play out. People are responding so strongly to it because we recognize what is at work here. But I think we all maybe see a bit of ourselves in her, and horror at all our own moments of ignorance or quickness to assume positions unthinkingly. We see our own vulnerability, also, in the face of all of society's unrelentingly aggressive tools of persuasion and power.
Also worth noting is that her show lost 4,000 subscribers in two days, which is remarkable. I think this video clip is actually an amazingly important historical document.