Exuvian wrote:
blackholenullvoid wrote:
I believe that's typical for adults, too. It's quote common among progressive liberals; everyone is a racist or bigot (even if they're sexists, homophobics or xenophobics). Misogynists are called masochists (etc.).
It's only a side note, but I'm thinking it's entirely possible that someone could be a racist, bigoted, sexist, homophobic xenophobe all at the same time. There are certainly some at the extreme end who throw labels out way too liberally (pun sort of intended).
I'm fairly far left, although I see the intersectional politics and emotionality to be psychosocial weapons in accordance to the realities of human psychology (self-group interests, bandwagoning, "pathetic" appeals, etc.) that are necessary to accomplish far left political goals, namely the liberation from birth lottery in terms of QOL due to possessing a favorable intersection of privileges, many of which can be quantified in data. The approach appears to be recruiting more individuals than it turns off, if one is examining the rise of far left popularity in the past decade. It is demonstrably a stronger influence in the political arena than previously.
I think it's unfair to dismiss the fringes of the bell curve, as Pepe suggested. How is that bell curve constructed, after all? It is through the opinions (often manipulated by powerful interests with a stake in maintaining the status quo) of NT individuals who are emotionally driven and hyper vulnerable to fallacious appeals to their cognitive biases. I can, however, understand an appeal to centrism from a "faith in systems, law, and procedure" perspective, especially from a desire for security and order with minimized uncertainty in a rapidly changing global environment.
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