This is a good thread but what I'd like to underscore is that the problem of shaming/shunning is coterminous with social life itself, is likely to be more extreme in democracies (as explained by Tocqueville) & has no easy policy solutions.https://twitter.com/parabasis/status/1504827375913107465 …
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The ‘Russophobia’ may be new, and even a bit concerning, but given it stems directly from actual atrocities they are visiting on Ukraine it seems weird to compare it in any way to the anti-LGBTQ laws the GOP are pumping out.
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It's being directed against people who are not at all responsible for the atrocities and is a form of bigoted collective punishment (of a sort common in wars and earlier directed against Muslims after 9/11).
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Social shaming may not be a serious social problem but it sure is a serious *political* problem. Nobody is going to lose a job for writing "Latino" or not capitalizing "Black", but many will be irritated by the shaming and keep quiet until they go out and vote.
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The other thing about this NYT/EB-inspired debate is that it's about language, not actions. Language is part of one's identity and we should be careful not to push too hard for change. I wonder what the relationship is between the brain's speech processing & the limbic system.
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