ok, so that's just the topic.

And I am not validating it. I am just saying that is the emotional construct.

Sure. But considering how this emotional thing seems to cover multiple topics, it seems strange that would fit.

I think I get a sense of what you mean, but can you expand on it? I think you are on to something interesting.

I don't think it's interesting. I just keep coming back to tribalism, to peer pressure, fitting in, etc. That creates the emotions that reinforces these beliefs. I don't get it, though, so wonder if it something else.

Once you allow yourself to emotionally ignore facts for one topic, it gets really easy just to apply that to everything. and now that people can just find other people with the same thoughts and feelings so easily online, there's no incentive to try and reason things out

why challenge your views with people around you if you can just find people who already share the same thoughts

Ease.

Hmm. So, technology may be a bit of a factor. Interesting.

It's a double edged sword, tech can help people expand past what they know

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or it can cause them to just associate with the same people

welcome back dogass

@Paradox Look at Megan Phelps, her involvement on twitter for the westborough baptist church actually caused her to accept different ideologies after time and she left

Yesterday I ate 22 packs of smarties and ran a mile and somehow didn't die so I guess I'm out of options

Because her tribe changed.

Would be my guess.

Well she just came across people that were willing to debate with her and it gave her a more open mind set

Idk, maybe tribe isn't the right word. Her perspective of people in her life.

yes

tribe/faction/associates, its all the same in the culture war

But on the opposite side you'll see people that don't want their ideas challenged just seek out more people like themselves. So extreme left, extreme right, incel groups.. people like that don't want to be challenged

most of those are people who see their ideals as infallible for an arbitrary reason

Agreed

Wonder how heavily the agreeable/disagreeable personality factors into this...

considering wamen are on average more "agreeable" and we look at feminism

I'd say very little

But they are agreeing.

With those in their lives.

to one side

Hmm ... okay.

@Undead Mockingbird Not sure what you are okaying, or if you realized what I was saying wasn't interesting. If you have something interesting, by all means feel free to share with the class.

I am not being critical.

It makes sense, as far as you discussed, it just wasn't quite as satisfying of an answer as I had hoped.

I just thought maybe you were onto something, when you thought i was. And was curious.

It might be no less correct, though.

I'm unsure.

People are different, theres much overlap across everyone

Its usually people join tribes based on experience / friend groups

You tend to more easily become friends with people that agree

No ... YOU are different.

I am just the same.

and those might be connected to someone more radical, and they just drag in cuz on paper the left sounds morally correct