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John Cleese explains it (Original Post) mac56 Jul 2018 OP
John "Cheese"...what is that, auto-correct? LOL Liberal In Texas Jul 2018 #1
snort... CurtEastPoint Jul 2018 #3
Cheese is actually his family's real name. Dave Starsky Jul 2018 #4
But we know there is no cheese... lame54 Jul 2018 #12
Thanks ever so much mac56 Jul 2018 #5
Thank you John Cleese! MontanaMama Jul 2018 #2
Me, too. It's perfect! The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #7
Yep. A good word. paleotn Jul 2018 #10
John Cleese says he is leaving UK and moving to Caribbean in protest over 'awful' Brexit debate oberliner Jul 2018 #6
Is it possible to have a paranoid pronoid as President? bluevoter4life Jul 2018 #8
Actually, Trump is neither paranoid nor pronoid. DemoTex Jul 2018 #9
There's THAT! MontanaMama Jul 2018 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,681 posts)
7. Me, too. It's perfect!
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jul 2018
Pronoia is the positive counterpart of paranoia. It is the delusion that others think well of one. Actions and the products of one's efforts are thought to be well received and praised by others. Mere acquaintances are thought to be close friends; politeness and the exchange of pleasantries are taken as expressions of deep attachment and the promise of future support.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoia_(psychology)
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
6. John Cleese says he is leaving UK and moving to Caribbean in protest over 'awful' Brexit debate
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 10:18 AM
Jul 2018
Monty Python star John Cleese has announced he is moving to the Caribbean in the autumn in protest over the debate on Brexit.

The 78-year-old comic – a long-time Liberal Democrat supporter – said his frustration also stemmed from the “lying and triviality” of British newspapers.

Cleese told BBC2’s Newsnight he was moving to the small island of Nevis which has a population of just 11,000 in November – describing it as “one of the nicest islands” he had ever visited.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/john-cleese-uk-leave-brexit-nevis-caribbean-politics-a8442321.html

bluevoter4life

(787 posts)
8. Is it possible to have a paranoid pronoid as President?
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 12:15 PM
Jul 2018

Because I think that is the level we are dealing with. Deep state mentality where he is revered by everyone.

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