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Preach. If this is really an existential threat, then it's counter-productive to use as just another political cudgel to score Twitter points on the "other" tr

by gred 4y ago

Preach. If this is really an existential threat, then it's counter-productive to use as just another political cudgel to score Twitter points on the "other" tribe. Doing so actually signals that it's business-as-usual, and that these "concerns" are worthy of the same treatment afforded any other political disagreement. To take it one step further, to the extent that proposed fixes look like "big government" intervention, with little-to-no regard for conservative concerns or sensitivities, they will look like political power grabs and be treated accordingly.

DFHippie 4y ago
> If this is really an existential threat, then it's counter-productive to use as just another political cudgel to score Twitter points on the "other" tribe. This isn't what is happening. When you see injustice, it's a natural human impulse to get mad and start ascribing blame to particular individuals. It isn't people dishonestly using "just another political cudgel". It's people getting mad, as people have always done, and personalizing things. That being said, yes, we don't have time for normal human psychology, though normal human psychology is what got us into and keeps us in this mess. Just as it's normal for people to get mad at other people, it's normal for the people accused to get defensive and deny or invert responsibility. "You don't really care! You're just trying to score points! Al Gore is fat and flies on planes!" Both sides are reacting normally, predictably, in counter-productive ways, like the various Palestinian liberation fronts in "The Life of Brian" killing each other in the sewers while the Romans look on in bemusement.
- RockingGoodNite 4y ago
  I generally feel it's mostly loud types trying to score Twitter points or Reddit karma; very few would genuinely get truly mad over something that was years in the making, by the whole population of the planet, and will take the whole population years to fix.

by gred 4y ago

DFHippie 4y ago

> If this is really an existential threat, then it's counter-productive to use as just another political cudgel to score Twitter points on the "other" tribe. This isn't what is happening. When you see injustice, it's a natural human impulse to get mad and start ascribing blame to particular individuals. It isn't people dishonestly using "just another political cudgel". It's people getting mad, as people have always done, and personalizing things. That being said, yes, we don't have time for normal human psychology, though normal human psychology is what got us into and keeps us in this mess. Just as it's normal for people to get mad at other people, it's normal for the people accused to get defensive and deny or invert responsibility. "You don't really care! You're just trying to score points! Al Gore is fat and flies on planes!" Both sides are reacting normally, predictably, in counter-productive ways, like the various Palestinian liberation fronts in "The Life of Brian" killing each other in the sewers while the Romans look on in bemusement.

RockingGoodNite 4y ago
I generally feel it's mostly loud types trying to score Twitter points or Reddit karma; very few would genuinely get truly mad over something that was years in the making, by the whole population of the planet, and will take the whole population years to fix.