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I hate so much how whenever something bad happens there's a huge rush to come up with theories that place the blame on some group or ideology you already hated
by snickerbockers 1y ago
I hate so much how whenever something bad happens there's a huge rush to come up with theories that place the blame on some group or ideology you already hated for unrelated reasons. I've stopped paying attention to the news in part because I don't like how disingenuously giddy people get whenever there's a mass-casualty event. I don't even mind morbid curiosity about death and suffering but nobody should ever see it as a benefit to their chosen group-identity.
- bell-cot 1y agoYeah. But jumping to conclusions serves a variety of human emotional needs. And in an attention economy, that means it also serves a large industry's economic needs.
- randomNumber7 1y agoIt speaks for itself that this gets down voted. The game theory problem is probably that if everyone does it you have to do it too. Like I strongly support equals chances, but if I e.g. get discriminated against for being a white heterosexual male -> it kinda forces me to vote against it
- gosub100 1y agoThis is why I despise Trump-bashing. Not that I think he's a particularly great person or leader, but when everything going wrong in the world gets tied back to him, I know it's ideologically driven.