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> There is no flip side to that where fear of something else would counteract that. This is so obviously untrue that I find it difficult to believe it would ta
by patrec 8y ago
> There is no flip side to that where fear of something else would counteract that.
This is so obviously untrue that I find it difficult to believe it would take you long to come up with counterexamples yourself if you tried.
- jacquesm 8y agoI'm not seeing any counterexamples in your comment either.
- patrec 8y agoAre you saying you tried to come up with a counterexample but couldn't or are you saying that I shouldn't make this claim without one?
- tylerjwilk00 8y agoYou refuted his point but without anything supporting your claim. What is your counterexample?
- patrec 8y agoPeople rightly fear being labelled as X-phobic for various values of X because it can easily ruin their careers or lives. This fear likely constitutes a more effective mechanism for turning large numbers of people away from genocidal hatred of various forms of "otherness" than rewarding positive behavior or making a reasoned case because it scales better. So the claim that fear of otherness can't be counteracted by other fears seems implausible to me.