Interesting: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/large-majorities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/ … “With the exception of the small tribe of devoted conservatives, progressive activists are the most racially homogeneous group in the country.”
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But taking segments based on “core belief and behavioral questions” and then labeling them with political descriptors sounds like a dubious methodology. The arbitrary choice of names as well as the choice of segmentation itself give the authors a lot of freedom to ‘tell a story’.
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Yup. Some tells from the first page of the actual linked whitepaper, without even reading the data: - "tribalism" is pretty exclusively used by the right-wing - their "director of research" is a PR guy and a former Republican congressional intern (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-hawkins-0b42a213/ …)
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makes sense. though, I personally think tribalism is a major factor in politics and explains a lot of the support for Trump
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Polarization is a big factor in modern American political life, but mostly leftists don't talk about "tribalism" (not least because it vastly misunderstands what tribes are, and pisses off indigenous people).
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Well, it is not just polarization I’m referring to, i.e. beliefs becoming more separated. It’s more specifically the “us vs. them” feeling, where you identify with your party like a sports team, and want them to “win” and the other team to “lose” regardless of policy specifics.
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Right. And there are a lot of ways to express that but "tribalism" isn't actually a useful one. And it really has been thoroughly co-opted by right-wingers who think people not liking them is "uncivil".
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I was specifically not talking about the *idea*, when i called it a tell; i was talking about the *word*. On top of all the other issues with the study, it's pretty clear that they're crypto-rightwingers with an agenda, that's all i was getting at!
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Yeah, I know, and of course whether something is a tell can be orthogonal to its inherent meaning or merit. But I’m curious – do you have a better word? Google’s dictionary suggests “sectarianism”, but that usually refers to religion.
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