Given the derailer’s tactics it reminded me of something Seer of Provo said about what’s his nuts:
SeerOfProvo wrote:
The author of that blog has a tendency to simply import philosophical arguments from other religious traditions (namely, orthodox Christianity) wholesale without even casually examining the nuts and bolts of said argument
I’d argue people like the derailer and Mr. Peterson think they think themselves pretty deep thinkers, but in reality they’re fairly unconscious not just about other philosophical traditions (despite the blog owner’s prodigious plagiarizing skillz), but what’s literally going on inside their respective domes that necessitates an Us. vs. Them religious tradition.
Thanks to the last 12 years, and the last four with regard to the excruciatingly idiotic Trumpian Presidential term, I've spent a lot more time than I should’ve trying to understand these religious whackadoodles, Conservatives, Qtards, and Mormons (since I live in Utah), and I've come up with a hypothesis! Yes. Me. The man with a crappy Social Psychology degree from a crappy school. I’ve figured them out. I’ll just say you’re welcome ahead of time.
Did you know Conservatives are literally different than non-Conservatives? I read this wiki article today, which led me back to post on this thread:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology ... in_studies
They have larger amygdalas. Amygadalae? Amygdaloids? Amygaladallonrangadingdongs? I dunno.
So. Whatever. Amygalawhatever. The tl;dr of the wiki article is that conservatives have larger amygdalas than self-described liberals and as such have stronger physiological responses to fear. They have a much stronger reaction to negative stimuli like other people. They intuitively view the Other as a threat and either should be tamed or done away with. And if there’s not really an existential threat, they
create one. Religion and politics needs, nay, demands an Other. It’s the lifeblood of their pathos, this inherent fear of the Other, that they use to meme their way into further relevancy.
The black and white thinking must be theirs, hence the projection of the derailer’s own fears onto the Other, provoking a negative response, and thereby confirming his amygdala’s worst suspicions. The is reproduced by the millions and used by priests and politicians to their own benefit.
Anyway.
We’ve seen Conservatives engaging in stereotyping more and valuing ingroup focused cohesion more. All you have to do is spend time on SeN, or Parler, or the KSL comments section and this concrete categorization is in action. Constantly. In-group cohesion is valued above all, hence breaking ranks to do anything other than toe the party line is seen as a betrayal. If I had to guess, I’d bet dime to dollar the derailer’s amygdala is the size of a soft ball.
- Doc