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Maybe we should have a Bejerot Syndrome. This is where an “expert” impugns the intellect or morality of the people who disagree with them instead of trying to
by jbandela1 3y ago
Maybe we should have a Bejerot Syndrome.
This is where an “expert” impugns the intellect or morality of the people who disagree with them instead of trying to understand the very real reasons why.
- praptak 3y agoThat certainly sounds tempting but we should struggle to have less poorly substantiated syndromes, not more :-)
- beschizza 3y agoPerhaps Bejerot Syndrome could refer to the pop-science tendency to gather and link rational objections to a proposal, policy or practice so they can be posed as pathologically associated symptoms.
- bratgpttamer 3y agoAgreed - but, isn't character assassination a classic technique of authorities employed against those who disagree with them?
- pessimizer 3y agoOr more precisely, the mental health of the people who disagree with them. Knowing that the person who came up with Stockholm Syndrome was the very same person who the hostages sided with the bank robbers against makes it look a lot like drapetomania (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania).
- portmanteur 3y agoI can think of a few examples over the past 3-8 years where this would be a useful syndrome to have named and in the popular memory. Oh well, Stockholm Syndrome is catchier.
- P_I_Staker 3y ago[flagged]