David Holmes body language analysis:

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#DavidHolmes' expression immediately after defending #MarieYovanovitch. His evanescent thinned lips, tightened midface, flared nostrils, clenched jaw, & forward jaw jut — all demonstrate Anger. David Holmes' Sincerity Quotient is very high.

[mucifer]

1. So glad he is having his day in court to state the truth

[polichick]

2. I thought he was trying not to cry.

[H2O Man]

3. Recommended.

It is obvious that this is a serious man.

[Wednesdays]

4. Let's see the Repugs just try to fuck with him

[Dr Hobbitstein]

5. Body language analysis is pseudo-science.

Jack Brown is a quack.

[lunatica]

7. You're wrong.

Body language comprises a huge amount of what constitutes communication, just like crying, laughing, tone and sharpness or gentleness in the sound does. Visual cues are a huge indicator of the state of mind of the person. An intimidated person and one who feels confidence is very easy to distinguish. Have you ever been irritated by someone who smirks at you? If you have you’re reading their body language.

Anyone, even children can tell the difference between the look on someone’s face. They learn the difference between a smiling face and one of anger as well as the sound of their voice.

Even animals who are pets learn to read body and facial language.

[coti]

10. The idea that body language can't be faked and demonstrates better sincerity than verbal language

isn't true, though.

But you're right that it is very much a form of communication.

[coti]

11. Look at Brett Kavanaugh nt

[lunatica]

12. Brett Kavanaugh used the body language of what he was actually feeling

He wasn’t pretending to be outraged he exhibited visual cues that he up to his eyebrows in self-pity. It was actually quite obvious that he had no self control in exposing his emotions. He threw a fit for anyone to see. There was no pretense about how he was feeling.

Lindsey Graham was the one who put on an act and it was false and there are various body and facial cues that gave him away.

[coti]

13. Kavanaugh conveyed false indignation nt

[lunatica]

16. I don't think it was all that false

He’s a frat boy accustomed to getting away with his adolescent behavior. He was criticized for it and he was outraged that anyone would dare. He’s ALWAYS been given a pass so he feels he’s special and entitled to misbehave. There is no doubt in his mind that he misbehaved. There is only outrage that anyone would call him on it. The words coming out of his mouth were lies, but his body language wasn’t.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

15. I did not say body language.

I said body language analysis.

It's like armchair psychiatry.

[lunatica]

17. Do you trust your own impressions about

other people’s body language when you interact with them or you observe them? Can you tell when someone is feeling anger, fear, or confidence and do you believe your own interpretations both in body language and psychological cues? If you do then you’re an armchair analyst, unless you are an actual psychiatrist.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

18. I do not and can not, no. nt

[LanternWaste]

14. Lacking any data at all to support a simplistic premise is also pseudo-science.

Quacks like a duck..

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Tell that to Albert Mehrabian.

http://www.kaaj.com/psych/pub.html

[yaesu]

6. I bet the Foreign Service is full of pissed off personnel who hate & despise russian agent orange nt

[OliverQ]

8. I've always wanted to work at the State Dept.

Either as a foreign service officer or US based civilian.

It would be amazing to get to work with people like Holmes and Yovanovitch.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Melber was dismissive, but I thought Holmes

gave testimony that was new and different. His job was to follow and track the internal politics of Ukraine, to keep his eyes and ears attuned to it all so we could know how to fine tune our foreign policy wrt it. I found his opening statement intersting and compelling.

[Hekate]

20. "Evanescent lips"? Wait, whut?

OTT -- I enjoy this guy's body language analyses.