John McCain And Angry Upper Lips

McCain doesn’t like America first:

McCain contrasted the “hopeful atmosphere of 1991” after the fall of the Soviet Union with “the current circumstances of our world,” according to USNI News.

“We have gone from an interval when the global success of democracy seemed assured to a time in which the seductions of authoritarian rule find favor with many; when self-interested leadership excuses naked aggression with weak rationalizations; when ethnic grievances haunt the old and religious fanaticism fires the minds of the misguided young,” McCain said.

“We are asleep to the necessity of our leadership, and to the opportunities and real dangers of this world,” he continued.

“We are asleep in our echo chambers, where our views are always affirmed and information that contradicts them is always fake. We are asleep in our polarized politics, which exaggerates our differences, looks for scapegoats instead of answers.”

McCain then went on to attack attributes (isolationism, protectionism) and straw men (conspiracy theories, propaganda) commonly associated with the Trump administration.

“I believe in Americans. We’re capable of better. I’ve seen it,” the Arizona senator said.

“We’re hopeful, compassionate people. And we still have leaders who will uphold the values that made America great, and a beacon to the oppressed.

“But I don’t take that for granted. We have to fight. We have to fight against propaganda and crackpot conspiracy theories. We have to fight isolationism, protectionism, and nativism.”

In a part of his speech where he contrasted the values of post-World War II statesmen with the current administration, he refused to mention the latter by name — although he did take aim at one of its most identifiable slogans.

McCain said that the statesmen had come to the conclusion “that the American example and American leadership are indispensable to securing a peaceful and prosperous future. Our failure to remain engaged in Europe and enforce the hard-won peace of 1918 had made that clear. There could be no more isolationism, no more tired resignation — no more ‘America First.’”

What is really going on is McCain finds Trump triggering, and he is lashing out at him for relief. McCain has the choppy movements, lacking in “smoothness,” which I see in Alec Baldwin, which in Traditional Chinese Medicine are related to liver imbalances, and thus anger.

In my perceptions, the anger “mode” requires quick, limited, sudden movements, like throwing punches suddenly without warning, and throwing an opponent around to take them to the ground and overpower them, all while not hyper extending a joint by moving too freely. When guys get that anger switch stuck, their movements become stiff, constrained in a limited range of motion, and choppy. The opposite in my mind would be a ballet dancer swinging their arms freely out to the absolute ends of their range of motion, and doing it smoothly and unrushed.

McCain’s temper was highlighted in a report from the campaign:

In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.”

McCain’s psychological predisposition to anger is visible in his curled-under upper lip:

And farther back here:

And farther back still:

Of course some angry upper lips are more obvious than others:

Between his allegiance to the establishment, and his hatred for Trump mixed with his anger-prone predisposition, I would not expect McCain to support any of President Trump’s initiatives.

Tell everyone about r/K Theory, because you don’t want to develop an angry upper lip