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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 4

    I don't understand the pleasure and satisfaction some people clearly get from unjustly demonising whole demographics but it clearly appeals to something inside many people. Why would you want to live in such a dark, ugly, twisted world when you could free yourself with knowledge?

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      2. Elaine‏ @elbh May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My working thesis is that is unprocessed personal pain and anger. It is far easier to place your pain onto a faceless, nameless multitude, than to do the work of facing the complexity of, and people directly involved in, your pain. It is avoidance of personal confrontation.

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      3. Elaine‏ @elbh May 4
        Replying to @elbh @HPluckrose

        I don’t think this is intentional avoidance. I think this is how people are learning to deal with personal pain culturally and happens from every point of view. It is a cultural shift that is very different from when I was young.

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      4. ben - [ sinister by design ]‏ @aSinister May 4
        Replying to @elbh @HPluckrose

        It's strange I was brought up to be different and to ignore what society told me when it came to being me. These days people are raised to demand society tell them what they are allowed to be, and to use cultural / societal pressure to mold people into "allies" for thier causes

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      5. ben - [ sinister by design ]‏ @aSinister May 4
        Replying to @aSinister @elbh @HPluckrose

        Look at how upset any group these days gets when "normal" is not applied to them as a label.

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      2. extremism is a helluva drug‏ @mravantcentre May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Evolutionary Biology: We simplify our world in terms of in-groups and our-groups as a method of protection. Without recognizing this evolutionary tendency, we are doomed to perpetuate it.

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      3. fertility wap  🇳🇬 🇺🇸‏ @smallkewlhuman May 5
        Replying to @mravantcentre @HPluckrose

        this falls under the umbrella of evolutionary psychology as well. its a psychological process that can be interrupted with awareness and intention.

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      2. The Rugby Dude, Esq.‏ @Juris_dudence May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Righteous anger is a drug.

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      3. Benedict White‏ @BenedictMPWhite May 4
        Replying to @Juris_dudence @HPluckrose

        Yes. I'm so much better than them....

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      1. Teofrasto‏ @_teofrasto May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I have the feeling it's some instinct behavior. We try to find easily identifiable patterns that can help us predict consequences and avoid unwanted results.

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      1. Kraig‏ @kraigeous May 5
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Yep. It’s possible e.g. for women and men to do life together without getting bunkered into antagonistic interest-blocks bent on competing, rather than cooperating, for zero-sum rights and entitlements. Doing conflict theory on gender is perhaps its most misanthropic application.

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      1. Sir Barken Hyena‏ @cacealian May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It’s an excuse for failure, always

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      1. Coffee is for closers‏ @MichaelFoster26 May 5
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        Tribalism is human nature.

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      1. Cathode X-Ray‏ @cathode_ray8 May 5
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        Stereotyping is evolutionary necessity. It also makes decision making easier (not saying it's good).

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      1. Liz Waters‏ @cdnwaters May 4
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        Diversity of hate is our strength.

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      2. Gil Ant‏ @Gil_Ant May 4
        Replying to @HPluckrose @citation_needed

        It's not a conscious choice, it's a consequence of being not terribly clever (or really inexperienced)

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      3. Mike‏ @citation_needed May 4
        Replying to @Gil_Ant @HPluckrose

        @thevirg83 “Misery loves company” is a proverb for a reason.

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      1. Prez Cannady‏ @prezcannady May 5
        Replying to @HPluckrose @M_Methuselah

        Walk and chew gum.

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      1. J.M. Bee‏ @j_em_bee May 5
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        They do so because it enables them to feel superior to those groups.

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