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People who are invested in this issue could do with some soul-searching about their need to engage in what looks every bit like good old-fashioned scapegoating.
by tomhoward 8y ago
People who are invested in this issue could do with some soul-searching about their need to engage in what looks every bit like good old-fashioned scapegoating.
I get the temptation to trace the origin of much of the world's current mess to some douchey thing a 19-year-old said 15 years ago.
But over-simplifying complex problems down to a single external cause and pinning the blame for it all on some other person has a very long but not very distinguished history.
It only takes a little awareness of history and philosophy to realise what this is really all about.
- PavlovsCat 8y ago> I get the temptation to trace the origin of much of the world's current mess to some douchey thing a 19-year-old said 15 years ago. How could you not, you just made it up. You're probably the world's primary expert on this thing you just invented.
- tomhoward 8y agoScapegoating in its literal form is described in the old testament. And the concept Jung described as the "shadow" 70+ years ago, goes back to ancient mythology. Your desire to attack and sneer rather than reflect and learn is notable.