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I don't see how the example is tribalist. Ted Kaczynski, in my understanding, was a loner that was neither left or right wing. And I'm not sure why the fact he'

I don't see how the example is tribalist. Ted Kaczynski, in my understanding, was a loner that was neither left or right wing. And I'm not sure why the fact he's a terrorist is relevant to his analysis.

Karunamon 13y ago
You don't have to be in the opposite of a group to spew hate against that group. And I see very little "reasoning" in that quote, just lots of eloquently-worded polemic which weakly attempts to cast negative aspersions on an entire political view. Some of it is outright false. In other words, it's content that wouldn't look at all out of place on a right-leaning website's "This is why liberals are bad" section.
- mcantelon 13y ago
  Criticism and hate seem to be increasingly conflated these days. I don't see anything in that quote that would quality as hateful.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    Well, the difference is that the first one is usually fact based and best delivered neutrally. The second one is usually emotion based and delivered with harsh invective, and additionally usually doesn't concern itself with facts.
    - mcantelon 13y ago
      Where's the "harsh invective" in the quote?
- nether 13y ago
  That's true, but that's just one quote of his (he's still alive btw). Here's another: > The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can’t make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values. Dr. Kaczynski is an anarchist who opposes virtually all political establishments.
  - Karunamon 13y ago
    Mm. But notice the difference in delivery of those two quotes. This one concerns itself with a straight true statement (progress is at odds with tradition). The worst you can say here is that he says conservatives "whine". Much unlike the other one which implies that leftists are all about power as opposed to what they say they are.
    - mcantelon 13y ago
      If he's an example of tribalism, as you claimed earlier, then he should be aligned with a tribe. "The conservatives are fools" is a fairly unambiguous denunciation of that tribe. Regardless of whether you feel he favors one over the other, he clearly rejects both.
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Karunamon 13y ago

You don't have to be in the opposite of a group to spew hate against that group. And I see very little "reasoning" in that quote, just lots of eloquently-worded polemic which weakly attempts to cast negative aspersions on an entire political view. Some of it is outright false. In other words, it's content that wouldn't look at all out of place on a right-leaning website's "This is why liberals are bad" section.

mcantelon 13y ago
Criticism and hate seem to be increasingly conflated these days. I don't see anything in that quote that would quality as hateful.
- Karunamon 13y ago
  Well, the difference is that the first one is usually fact based and best delivered neutrally. The second one is usually emotion based and delivered with harsh invective, and additionally usually doesn't concern itself with facts.
  - mcantelon 13y ago
    Where's the "harsh invective" in the quote?
nether 13y ago
That's true, but that's just one quote of his (he's still alive btw). Here's another: > The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you can’t make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, and that such rapid changes inevitably break down traditional values. Dr. Kaczynski is an anarchist who opposes virtually all political establishments.
- Karunamon 13y ago
  Mm. But notice the difference in delivery of those two quotes. This one concerns itself with a straight true statement (progress is at odds with tradition). The worst you can say here is that he says conservatives "whine". Much unlike the other one which implies that leftists are all about power as opposed to what they say they are.
  - mcantelon 13y ago
    If he's an example of tribalism, as you claimed earlier, then he should be aligned with a tribe. "The conservatives are fools" is a fairly unambiguous denunciation of that tribe. Regardless of whether you feel he favors one over the other, he clearly rejects both.

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