The study he links to is about analyzing the "disgust reaction" and mitigating it - his response seems to dismiss this as a possibilityhttps://twitter.com/damonlinker/status/886014242675187712 …
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So yes his "piece" -- which is just a glorified blog comment on the study -- is at best pointless and at worst actively destructive
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The study was partly about his disgust reactions vary by temperament and upbringing and partly about how they're affected by priming
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In other words, it's possible for people generally to reduce their disgust reaction by not being raised in a "culture of disgust"
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It's also possible, in the moment, to affect how strongly someone reacts with disgust by controlling how you frame the issue
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The same behavior might elicit a disgust response if you've already mentally classified someone as "disgusting" than otherwise
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Which needless to say means the media has an incredibly powerful responsibility in all of this
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Drum's piece, insofar as it said anything, was about disclaiming any such responsibility as a member of the media
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The framing of "disgust reactions" as purely natural and requiring no explanation is deeply reactionary.
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It is not, in principle, any different from the right-wing use of disgust to justify homophobia or racism
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