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1 Digital Self-deception
Digital Self-deception

2 Motivated reasoning: “They Saw a Game”

3 Motivated reasoning: “They Saw a Protest”

4 Did protestors cross the line between “speech” and “intimidation”?

5 Experimental Conditions
Abortion Clinic Condition Recruitment Center Condition

6 Experimental Conditions
Abortion Clinic Condition Recruitment Center Condition

7 Experimental Conditions
Abortion Clinic Condition Recruitment Center Condition

8 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Hierarchy Individualism Communitarianism Egalitarianism

9 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Representative items: Agree/disagree, 6 pt likert measure Individualism-Communitarianism IPROTECT. “It's not the government's business to try to protect people from themselves.” CHARM “Sometimes government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves.” Hierarchy-Egalitarianism EWEALTH. “Our society would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.” HFEMININ. “Society as a whole has become too soft and feminine.”

10 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Representative items: Agree/disagree, 6 pt likert measure Individualism-Communitarianism IPROTECT. “It's not the government's business to try to protect people from themselves.” CHARM “Sometimes government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves.” Hierarchy-Egalitarianism EWEALTH. “Our society would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.” HFEMININ. “Society as a whole has become too soft and feminine.”

11 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Representative items: Agree/disagree, 6 pt likert measure Individualism-Communitarianism IPROTECT. “It's not the government's business to try to protect people from themselves.” CHARM “Sometimes government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves.” Hierarchy-Egalitarianism EWEALTH. “Our society would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.” HFEMININ. “Society as a whole has become too soft and feminine.”

12 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Representative items: Agree/disagree, 6 pt likert measure Individualism-Communitarianism IPROTECT. “It's not the government's business to try to protect people from themselves.” CHARM “Sometimes government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves.” Hierarchy-Egalitarianism EWEALTH. “Our society would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.” HFEMININ. “Society as a whole has become too soft and feminine.”

13 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Representative items: Agree/disagree, 6 pt likert measure Individualism-Communitarianism IPROTECT. “It's not the government's business to try to protect people from themselves.” CHARM “Sometimes government needs to make laws that keep people from hurting themselves.” Hierarchy-Egalitarianism EWEALTH. “Our society would be better off if the distribution of wealth was more equal.” HFEMININ. “Society as a whole has become too soft and feminine.”

14 Cultural Cognition Worldviews
Hierarchy hierarchical individualists hierarchical communitarians Individualism Communitarianism egalitarian individualists egalitarian communitarians Egalitarianism

15 “They Saw a Protest”: Who decided what & when?
Pct. Agree abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Police Liable Police Enjoined

16 “They Saw a Protest”: Who decided what & when?
Pct. Agree Egal individ Egal individ abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Police Liable Police Enjoined

17 “They Saw a Protest”: Who decided what & when?
Hierarch commun Hierarch commun Pct. Agree Egal individ Egal individ abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Police Liable Police Enjoined

18 “They Saw a Protest”: Who decided what & when?
Hierarch commun Hierarch commun Pct. Agree Egal individ Egal individ abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Police Liable Police Enjoined

19 “They Saw a Protest”: Who decided what & when?
Hierarch commun Hierarch commun Egal commun Pct. Agree Egal commun Egal individ Hierarch individ Hierarch individ Egal individ abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Police Liable Police Enjoined

20 Pedestrians just not want to listen
“They Saw a Protest”: Who saw what & when? Hierarch individ Egal individ Hierarch commun Hierarch individ Pct. Agree Hierarch commun Egal commun Egal individ Egal commun abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Protestors blocked Screamed in face Egal individ Egal commun Egal commun Egal individ Pct. Agree Hierarch individ Hierarch commun Hierarch individ Hierarch commun abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center abortion clinic recruitment center Pedestrians just not want to listen Police just annoyed

21 So what about judges?

22 They saw a statutory ambiguity . . . .

23 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

24 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

25 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

26 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

27 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

28 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

29 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

30 Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?
“Our conclusion ... is confirmed by a film [I]t reveals that the students, though they undoubtedly cheered and clapped, were well behaved throughout.” —Cox v. Louisiana, 379 U.S. 536, 547 (1965) “. . . effort to influence and intimidate the courts and legal officials ... a mob of over 2,000 students in the staging of a modern Donnybrook Fair across from the courthouse and jail —Cox, 379 U.S. at (1965) (Clark, J., dissenting in part). Anyone seriously interested in what this case was about must view that tape run-of-the-mine labor picketing, not to mention some other social protests —Justice Scalia, Madsen v. Women’s Health Center, Inc., U.S. 753, 786 (1994) (Scalia, J., dissenting in part). “We are happy to allow the videotape to speak for itself ” —Scott v. Harris, 550 U.S. 372, 378 n.5 (2007) (Scalia, J.) Who sees what & why in U.S. S. Ct.?

31 They saw a high-speed car chase . . .

32 “ only a fool . . .”

33 So what does all this amount to? . . .
You tell me!


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