Feelings vs Fact - Newt Gingrich - RNC Topic on Violent Crime - Feelings trump FBI Stats!

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Cites ranie93 · 2019-05 · on “Amazon Ring is hiring editors to push local crime news to its users”

Here's a relevant opinion from Newt Gingrich on the matter of perception of violence vs. actual trends [this video]

Cites zer00eyz · 2024-05 · on “Sam and Greg's response to OpenAI Safety researcher claims”

I didn't say DEI for a reason, here is the other side talking rather overtly: [this video] ... Pick a topic and someone is gonna have a really bent take on how things would be... and keen on jamming that take down someone else's throat so they can feel better. Everyone has shitty takes that they want others to buy into... everyone. Is Taiwan a country? I would say yes, most Americans would (I hope). Ask ChatGPT... 4chan is still a thing, the library is still a thing. The nuclear boy scouts made a giant mess before there was an internet. As for safety, well, it's gonna be a long time before shutting down the world isnt a weekend project for a hand full of people if they are allowed.

Critical cmurf · 2016-08 · on “Can mythbusters like Snopes.com keep up in a post-truth era?”

According to Newt, voters don't want the truth in politics, especially because it's awkward. Voters want politicians to side with them on the basis of their feelings. [this video]

Critical glitcher · 2018-08 · on “Study Finds Increased Incarceration Has Marginal-To-Zero Impact on Crime”

Too many politicians and voters are in the habit of ignoring facts and instead going with their gut feelings, even when the facts directly contradict their "feelings". And unfortunately fear mongering for votes can be very effective. Here's Newt Gingrich's classic "debate" between FBI crime statistics and his own "feelings". Notice particularly the language he uses to frame actual facts that don't agree with his ideology: [this video]

Critical satellitec4t · 2019-05 · on “A Solution for Loneliness: Get out and volunteer, research suggests”

> Another is a worldview that values selflessness, altruism, and honesty. I don't think those things can exist apart from religion Religion doesn't have a monopoly on those ideals. They are not even solely human ideals. Many mammals display them in certain scenarios. > (at a cultural level, anyway). Many of the least religious countries are the best places to live, and the most religious, the worst. I went to Norway (the least religious country in western Europe), and they often don't check tickets on the train or at the entrances of places. When you ask someone why not, because people could lie, you get an answer like.. "because one wouldn't do that" (ie cheat the system). I got so used to

Critical chneu · 2025-05 · on “Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students”

Newt Gingrich dropped the famous "feels over reals" line on CNN. "You have your facts on the left and we have our facts on the right" is basically what he said. Along with "If people feel one way then that's real." He isn't wrong, but he openly admitted to manipulating people to get them to feel certain ways. [this video]

Critical zer00eyz · 2025-07 · on “Bad Actors Are Grooming LLMs to Produce Falsehoods”

> Now, why are you spending misinformation? Are you going to claim that US politicians don't do the exact same thing? This is my favorite example of it, where one literally tells you what the play is while it's getting made: [this video] Feelings not facts.

Critical peteforde · 2026-05 · on “I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit”

I'm reminded of that [terrifying in hind-sight] Newt Gingrich interview in which he was more concerned about his constituents feelings about things getting worse than any silly statistics provided by government agencies. [this video]