I always feel I snuck in due to my tech background, which excuses my awkwardnesses. It torments me a fair bit, so I say shit like this.
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Working on my book has been liberating to a point in not being subjected weekly to the scrutiny of that touchable/untouchable dispute.
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Certain people tried rather badly to make me untouchable when I published that tepid article on blocklists. It didn't work then, but it can.
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It's still unnerving, and I have a LOT more resources at my disposal than most, who can't fight back so readily. I feel for you!
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(I'm more comfortable speaking to a collective sharing a particular emotional state than those sharing a race/gender/sexual orientation/etc)
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So yes, to everyone who thinks that these sorts of tactics are dehumanizing and representative of an atavistic herd mentality: you're right.
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Collective ostracism tactics are very powerful and have corrupted a great many people including friends of mine who should know better.
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There are unfortunately some "free riders" who *need* to be ostracized for society to function. They usually lead the mobs, alas.
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Chris Boehm's Moral Origins describes how these "free riders" manipulate group opinion & stigmatize innocents who threaten them.
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Eventually the group wises up and expels the free rider (usually via death), but it takes time because most people are NOT free riders.
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