1/ If outrage was for efficient enforcement of norms (a la @slatestarcodex), topics & positions would not vary so much based on political affiliation. Outrage would be focused on old, largely-eradicated behaviors commonly agreed to be bad. Instead...https://slatestarcodex.com/2018/06/19/contra-caplan-on-arbitrary-deploring/ …
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Replying to @patrissimo @slatestarcodex
Outrage can be partisan and still somewhat fit the
@slatestarcodex model. If we are outraged over clearly settled and punishable norm offences, being outraged on a political issue frames your side as having already won1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @ACCapitalist @slatestarcodex
But what proportion of outrage that we see is the clearly settled type vs. ongoing dispute? I do see some of the former, but national-level seems to be almost entirely the latter. Where, as you say, it is a framing trick. "Everyone join me in punishing this clearly bad behavior"
9:57 AM - 23 Jun 2018
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