Discussion about this post

User's avatar
James M.'s avatar

I think MOST people have false courage online and the anonymity/distance makes people inclined to be especially antisocial... but there's definitely an element of mob psychology at play when it comes to social justice. Woke people don't just believe you're wrong-they believe you're a bigot, even if they know you personally (and therefore know better). Their worldview demands this. If all Trump voters weren't xenophobes and transphobes (etc.) then social justice types would have to grapple with the REAL motivations behind their beliefs and would have to consider the points that are actually being made. It's much easier to strawman their opponents and dismiss them out of hand. Ask a woke person why anti-CRT bills have passed in Florida, or legislation limiting youth gender surgery is in consideration across the country, and you will never hear anything about the racist beliefs of the CRT ideology or their push to segregate students according to race or the rising rates of de-transitioners or the ruinously high gender dysphoria diagnosis rates among autistic and anxious teenage girls. They don't know about these things and they don't want to hear about them. It's much easier to just attribute all disagreement to moral values and dismiss all other beliefs out of hand.

https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/talking-to-the-other-side-a-brief/comments

https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-bigoted-republican

https://jmpolemic.substack.com/p/postulates-of-political-belief

Expand full comment
3 more comments...

No posts