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My definition of "wrongthink" is suggesting that facts support confirmation of a narrative, regardless of what the facts are, when that narrative has become soc
by narrator 8y ago
My definition of "wrongthink" is suggesting that facts support confirmation of a narrative, regardless of what the facts are, when that narrative has become socially unacceptable. For example, in Chinese society, to suggest that religious minorities are being mistreated by the government is "wrongthink" regardless of what the facts are.
If this kid had been from a Uyghur family in China and his father had been killed in a Chinese internment camp it would not be "wrongthink" for a western newspaper to say "8-year old fleeing from religious oppression in China wins New York State Championship", though it would be "wrongthink" to print this in a Chinese newspaper or even an Indonesian newspaper. A presidential candidate in Indonesia recently declined to comment on China's mistreatment of muslims for example.
- rosser 8y agoThat's fine. I even agree with that definition. The thing is, literally none of the words you used in your pseudocode are "wrongthink" here. This was straight-up, "person says awful thing, catches flak, and cries oppression." EDIT: That's not oppression. It's disapproval.
- narrator 8y agoAn awful thing can be a socially unacceptable narrative regardless of what the facts are.