Devildoc
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Good article on polarity and contempt in politics
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Interesting article and like you said worth the read.
I wonder if the cause of the contempt stems from the focus/imbalance of "uniqueness', "specialness", and customization/convenience obfuscating the overarching "Team" that is the the U.S. (In my case); essentially turning your neighbor or anyone that doesn't share one's deeply internalized and over-personalized beliefs into "The Other".
Also the ability to customize your reality and turn any information feed into an echo chamber can't help either, I would think.
I wonder if the cause of the contempt stems from the focus/imbalance of "uniqueness', "specialness", and customization/convenience obfuscating the overarching "Team" that is the the U.S. (In my case); essentially turning your neighbor or anyone that doesn't share one's deeply internalized and over-personalized beliefs into "The Other".
Also the ability to customize your reality and turn any information feed into an echo chamber can't help either, I would think.
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Fundamental Attribution Error? (called motive attribution asymmetry in the article) ✓
Erisology? (called the need to disagree better in the article) ✓
Principle of Charity (call in the article to not treat ideological opponents with contempt) ✓
Pretty decent though basic analysis of contemporary political discourse, with one glaring hole: no mention/realization of the underlying Culture Wars 2.0 other than Red/Blue tribes.
For more and more in-depth reading on this, here's a plug again for this article: The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0 and another for my earlier thread: Rationality & Erisology (which I need to update/flesh out at some point...)
Erisology? (called the need to disagree better in the article) ✓
Principle of Charity (call in the article to not treat ideological opponents with contempt) ✓
Pretty decent though basic analysis of contemporary political discourse, with one glaring hole: no mention/realization of the underlying Culture Wars 2.0 other than Red/Blue tribes.
For more and more in-depth reading on this, here's a plug again for this article: The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0 and another for my earlier thread: Rationality & Erisology (which I need to update/flesh out at some point...)
I'm motivated by benevolence and everybody who doesn't agree with me is motivated by hatred.
