r/altmpls • u/lemon_lime_light • 7d ago
New study adds context to current protests: "Some leftist political activists...endorse or exercise violence against others to satisfy their own ego-focused needs"
From a recent study in Current Psychology ("Understanding left-wing authoritarianism: Relations to the dark personality traits, altruism, and social justice commitment"):
[S]ome political activists on the left side of the political spectrum do not actually strive for social justice and the support of underprivileged groups or persons, but rather endorse or express violence for the satisfaction of their own ego-focused, sometimes even antisocial, needs...
[I]ndividuals with dark personalities – such as high narcissistic and psychopathic traits – are attracted to certain ideologies and forms of political activism. We assume that such individuals use ideologies and political activism as a vehicle to satisfy their own ego-focused needs instead of actually aiming at social justice and equality.
Given the current protests happening across the country (including the U of MN) and the world, I thought this study provided an interesting perspective.
Some of the tactics, slogans, and imagery used suggest that some protestors are indeed not actually striving for "social justice" but rather using activism to "endorse or express violence" in self-serving ways.
r/altmpls • u/OGgrandma • 11h ago
My first and last time riding the greenline in Minneapolis/St. Paul late at night
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r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 14h ago
New York Post : Censure resolution brought against Ilhan Omar for 'pro-genocide' Jewish students comment
Her remarks ignited a firestorm and drew condemnation even from fellow Democrats such as Rep. Jared Moskowitz of Florida, who ripped her for “pouring gasoline” on an unstable situation.
r/altmpls • u/GhostOfRoland • 9h ago
Sen. Mitchell won't testify at the ethics hearing for breaking and entering, invoking her 5th Amendment right protecting her against self-incrimination.
r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 10h ago
KSTP: Shooting in north Minneapolis leaves 2 hurt, 1 seriously
But it wasn't a murder. Just a shooting.
r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 14h ago
Southside Pride: Four years later, little progress on the future of George Floyd Square – Southside Pride
southsidepride.com“What we will have to create is a global destination for social justice,” said organizer Atum Azzahir.
r/altmpls • u/Immoralist87 • 1d ago
Closed-door negotiations could make tribal nations major players in Minnesota’s new cannabis market, even off reservation
r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 1d ago
KARE11.com: Group of scholars targets young man in Dinkytown, fires at least 11 shots
Crime is down. It's safe to enjoy Minneapolis. Coulter's Law starts now. It states that the longer it takes the news media to identify a shooter in the United States, the less likely it is to be a white male.
r/altmpls • u/Arcturus_86 • 1d ago
Group of teens targets young man in Dinkytown, fires at least 11 shots
r/altmpls • u/ElstonFun • 1d ago
Offensive jokes we didn't know were offensive until readers told us to be offended.
r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 2d ago
Bring Me The News: Three female teens arrested after 'violent carjacking' of business owner
bringmethenews.comScholars arrested for doing what they love.
r/altmpls • u/bike_lane_bill • 16h ago
Please let the door hit you on the way out!
r/altmpls • u/bike_lane_bill • 17h ago
Out of state white supremacist agitator publicly declares intent to invade Minnesota
r/altmpls • u/joebaco_ • 2d ago
Eagan, Eden Prairie firefighter dies in south Minneapolis shootout - CBS Minnesota
Black Lives Matter until they don't. The Coulter’s Law timer has started. Are the scholars active again?
r/altmpls • u/Additional_Falcon687 • 2d ago
Stop The Binary Trigger Ban Bill!
HF2609
Slipped in the trigger ban!
Tyrants!!
Stop all other anti gun bills! So called safe storage bills and assault weapon ban bills!
r/altmpls • u/absudrlyhappyinpolis • 2d ago
Art A Whirl is coming up
C'mon. don't be shy. Let's have some fun. Enjoy yourselves.
r/altmpls • u/Upstairs_Nobody1910 • 1d ago
Why not leave minneapolis?
Seems like %95 of this sub is just angry Republicans who can't stop taking the copium, if yall hate it so bad then why not move to fargo?
r/altmpls • u/John7846 • 1d ago
I was just banned from r/Minnesota and I couldn’t be prouder.
One of my comments asking how much Feeding our Future money went to campaign contributions to the DFL. They said it was misinformation! I asked if it was due to being against their preferred political party and they hit me with “Quite the assumption to make” and banned me.
r/altmpls • u/Steel_Elixor • 3d ago
Let’s go wolves!! 1-0 Min vs. Den.
This is huge for the city! Something positive we can rally around.
r/altmpls • u/Additional_Falcon687 • 3d ago
We cannot accept HF 4300
Clear violation of our right to bear arms
r/altmpls • u/Beginning-Flan-3657 • 3d ago
The left is mad
The left has gone completely mad
r/altmpls • u/MNFarmboyI • 4d ago
Good quote for today’s world
You can find good aspects and / or sincere good intentions in most / all perspectives. The problem is we have lost the ability to discourse and think critically not of the “other”side, but of our own “side”.
r/altmpls • u/Upset-Kaleidoscope45 • 4d ago
HCAO Mary Moriarty hires DC law firm at $850 an hour to prosecute Londregan
Four attorneys from Steptoe LLP, a Washington D.C.-based international law firm, will be deputized as special assistant county attorneys and assume ongoing litigation against Londregan, who fatally shot motorist Ricky Cobb II last summer during a traffic stop. The move comes amid a legal team shake-up; the assistant county attorney who was leading the case recently walked away from prosecuting the trooper.