"Competitive wokeness", like "virtue signaling" and "preference falsification", seems to be something people on the right say in order to pretend that people on the left don't really believe what they claim to believe.https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1050424810591936512 …
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Replying to @Noahpinion
Do you doubt that the social and professional pressures
@reihan describes are significant? They certainly have an impact on what I say and write (and choose not to talk or write about).4 replies 0 retweets 16 likes -
Replying to @binarybits @reihan
I think that there are probably a few people out there claiming to be much more liberal than they really are, but that usually they're media people doing this strategically and cynically. Most people respond to social pressure by just shutting up, I think.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @reihan
They'll shut up if they directly disagree with the prevailing view. But if they weakly agree with the prevailing view they're going to be more likely to be vocal about it and might convince themselves to endorse a stronger version. Hence competitive wokeness.
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Replying to @binarybits @reihan
Hmm, maybe! Hard to say without some psych experiments. But I have to say I doubt it, just based on personal experience. I've been accused of competitive wokeness, yet I've never knowingly exaggerated my own beliefs or positions (usually I tone them down).
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And I think I'm not a huge raging flaming SJW. I'm kind of a moderate, milquetoasty SJW.
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Replying to @Noahpinion @reihan
You have a stronger contrarian streak than the average blogger/pundit.
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Ha. All my time spent defending the conventional wisdom in the pages of Bloomberg, and you still think I'm a contrarian... ;-)
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