If you believe that ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender and other characteristics people cannot control shouldn’t be the object of ridicule, then you’re contradicting your own philosophy if you ridicule someone’s attractiveness, height, vocal quality etc. 1/
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The universe is deterministic- psychological characteristics are beyond the control of the individual- Personality and behavior e.g. reasoning ability, low agreeableness, inability to get a date, mental illness. So, what can we make fun of or ridicule? Everything or nothing? 2/
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Ridicule & criticism can 1- Signal to your group that someone should be ostracized 2-Be used as punishment for the behavior in question or another behavior 3-Be used for entertainment, either to affiliate with others or to show affection to the person being made fun of 3/
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