The problem with "punching up" vs "punching down" is that punching space is not one-dimensional
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Replying to @DeityOfReligion
Primate social status is one-dimensional. Outgroup is simultaneously deingrated and feared as powerful. "Punching up" = punching outgroup
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Outgroup controls a vast conspiracy that rules the world and is threatening everything you hold dear, but they are also subhuman troglodytes
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^ The people who read this and believe both things unironically about their outgroup with no felt cognitive dissonance
8:42 PM - 12 Mar 2015
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