Is social identity supposed to mean what it sounds like at face value, or be a reference to more specific types of political/cultural positions? Of those topics a broad interpretation of social identity might be the most likely to take up bandwidth for a wide range of people.
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Gender, sexual orientation and race are the big ones.
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The four most interesting topics, especially the first and third. I'm not sure I could even restrict them to 20% per topic.
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Eek an nrxer *runs away*
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Thinking about counter examples. Devout friends for whom religion is a big part of their life where they play a significant role in their community (paid or unpaid religious leader). Can be wonderful people.
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So long as the stay 100 yards away from Wonderful People of a different persuasion
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They also attract prolific producers of banal politicized schlock, making them rather unattractive topics to learn about.
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Yes. It gets old hearing about how someone is a bold rebel for pronouncing verboten bromides. Conversation should command interest of its own accord; the urge to épater le bourgeois is tiresome and jejune.
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I feel like they're OK to voraciously study/ponder (input/digestion), but my revulsion is for people for whom these 4 dominate their output. Too eager to arrive at certainties, to proselytize, to antagonize, make others wrong and out-group. Very much "those who speak don't know"
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because if one actually cares about finding real truth/wisdom/knowledge re: any of these topics, one figures out really quickly that everything is too damn complex to be certain about, every human's life is too unique to generalize, and it's always better to keep mouth shut
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