I thought you can't be shamed out of saying something you're not ashamed of. But you can if its consistently associated w/ things u would be
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Replying to @HPluckrose
If criticising Islam is widely understood to be racist. If criticising feminism is widely understood to be opposition to gender equality.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But calling ppl racist or sexist to silence them only works if they already think racism & sexism are bad things. Or does it?
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Replying to @DurinnMcFurren
I can't be shamed by being called racist or sexist because I know I'm neither & so do many ppl I respect.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
What if hubby was called in at work and spoken to because of your so called islamophobia?
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Replying to @GerretJax @DurinnMcFurren
Or I was? That wouldn't be shaming me. That would be punitive consequences.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But if it's the company bowing to social pressure and stigma? I used hubby only to show indirect effect. 1/2
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Replying to @GerretJax @DurinnMcFurren
But I'm not talking about consequences. I'm talking about shaming in the form of disapproval.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Then you're right.(stop that by the way
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But, I'm not sure they're are separable, anymore.
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Psychologically, they are. We can work out what we're actually afraid of. Disapproval or consequences.
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