I thought about this more and you are so right. It is the same as "you're not a transphobe are you?" Or "you're not racist are you?" And all other similar things that are designed to shut down any ppl who are simply asking questions or who have different ideas that don't follow the current narrative. It is ironic being done here where pp…
I thought about this more and you are so right. It is the same as "you're not a transphobe are you?" Or "you're not racist are you?" And all other similar things that are designed to shut down any ppl who are simply asking questions or who have different ideas that don't follow the current narrative. It is ironic being done here where ppl already know that the current narrative is not always correct. It really shows the cognitive dissonance. It also shows the aversion that ppl have to diversity of thought. If you think differently, you must be a phobe, ist, etc. Not just a person who has different knowledge or questions thinks that make no sense. Always the negative and they must silence any dissent by labeling ppl as the lowest of the low.
It is aversion to diversity, but even more so, it is fear and thus a physiological inability to think--left and right hemispheres disconnected. We are all succeptible in times of extreme stress. Fear for our children, fear we experiece when the structures around us collapse, and we need to cling to SOMETHING. Even labour camps prisoners and cult survivors would often still justify their beliefs, because if they wouldn't they'd succumb to utter darkness and mental illness.
I thought about this more and you are so right. It is the same as "you're not a transphobe are you?" Or "you're not racist are you?" And all other similar things that are designed to shut down any ppl who are simply asking questions or who have different ideas that don't follow the current narrative. It is ironic being done here where ppl already know that the current narrative is not always correct. It really shows the cognitive dissonance. It also shows the aversion that ppl have to diversity of thought. If you think differently, you must be a phobe, ist, etc. Not just a person who has different knowledge or questions thinks that make no sense. Always the negative and they must silence any dissent by labeling ppl as the lowest of the low.
It is aversion to diversity, but even more so, it is fear and thus a physiological inability to think--left and right hemispheres disconnected. We are all succeptible in times of extreme stress. Fear for our children, fear we experiece when the structures around us collapse, and we need to cling to SOMETHING. Even labour camps prisoners and cult survivors would often still justify their beliefs, because if they wouldn't they'd succumb to utter darkness and mental illness.
Yea, that is a very good point. Fear is used to push ideology and ideas a lot. It is effective.