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There’s a kernel of a good idea (treat people with respect, study the nature of power, re-examine received wisdom with a critical eye), which some take too far
by jl6 4y ago
There’s a kernel of a good idea (treat people with respect, study the nature of power, re-examine received wisdom with a critical eye), which some take too far and fail to apply reflexively to their own ideas.
Much of the issue is semantic, where a newfound freedom to redefine words (like “violence”) to mean whatever someone thinks they should mean, has weakened our shared epistemological foundations, making it much harder to escape polarization traps and hold reasoned discourse. The result is the de-emphasis of reason and the ascent of pure power struggle between competing tribes who are losing the ability to talk to each other.
- zozbot234 4y ago
- c22 4y agohttps://www.etymonline.com/word/tribe https://www.etymonline.com/word/tribe
- barry-cotter 4y agoPlease don’t use subtle parody or satire. Poe’s Law is in action and people can’t tell if it’s real or not.
- Beltalowda 4y agoMany people also take issue using "tribe" to describe groups of indigenous people, as it tends to evoke images of primitive unsophisticated people when this is far from always the case (it is in some cases, though). I don't take issue if people use the word "tribe" to describe people from (usually) Africa or the Americas, but I don't use it myself for this reason. I'd also like to point out it's not exclusively used for indigenous peoples; e.g. "Germanic tribe", "Saxon tribe", "Celtic tribe", etc.