TBerg
fallen angel who hasn't earned his wings
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If you don't consider yourself a conservative or reactionary, then you probably have a lot of ideas about people who describe themselves as such. You might think of these people as possessing a certain mindset and intellectual ability. You might characterize this condition as a lack of nuance, open-mindedness, and vision. You might think people of this disposition are mean and simple people who don't deserve to inherit the world of the Twenty-First Century.
While you were growing up, you may have encountered these people as bullies who were eager to compensate for their lack of vision with an instinct for animalistic domination. It became a matter of pride that you disassociated yourself from those for whom you had grown disdain. You grew a conviction that you would overturn their power over you someday, and you swore eternal vigilance against them. They would not inherit the Twenty-First Century.
You may have seen the history of your own societies as being dominated by the people for whom you have grown disdain. You may also desire to overturn the historical legacy as well.
Thus, when people outside your own identity group complain about parts of your society that supposedly affect them adversely, you will tend to blame those upon whom you have become habituated to placing blame. You call these little villains of history white men, and you accuse them of upholding Patriarchal White Supremacy. This is the thing for which you have directed your disdain.
But you have not yet experienced the world of the outsider you have presumed to accept as a fellow victim of those you disdain. You have made the assumption that since you are a wellspring of nuance who is reacting against a brutish bully, that the same dynamics are at play when outsiders complain about those you disdain. This is a huge assumption.
What you may want to consider is whether those for whom you sympathize may have many of the traits you have grown to disdain about those who have adversely affected your own life. This possibility does put you in an odd position, seeing as understanding this possibility means that you would have to consider being more sympathetic towards those for whom you have grown disdain, rather than those who complain in a style they may have learned from your own complaints.
Those who complain in your style could be just as mendacious, just as brutish, and just as mentally dull as those you grew to disdain. In fact, they are probably a more extreme example of behavior you disdain. In fact, if you look more closely at their behavior, you may see that they adopt your style of resistance in a way that seems to be a pale imitation of your own approach. They do not display your nuance at all.
In my next post, I will consider how IQ might relate to this phenomenon.
https://libercolumbia.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/an-open-letter-to-those-who-hate-the-right/
While you were growing up, you may have encountered these people as bullies who were eager to compensate for their lack of vision with an instinct for animalistic domination. It became a matter of pride that you disassociated yourself from those for whom you had grown disdain. You grew a conviction that you would overturn their power over you someday, and you swore eternal vigilance against them. They would not inherit the Twenty-First Century.
You may have seen the history of your own societies as being dominated by the people for whom you have grown disdain. You may also desire to overturn the historical legacy as well.
Thus, when people outside your own identity group complain about parts of your society that supposedly affect them adversely, you will tend to blame those upon whom you have become habituated to placing blame. You call these little villains of history white men, and you accuse them of upholding Patriarchal White Supremacy. This is the thing for which you have directed your disdain.
But you have not yet experienced the world of the outsider you have presumed to accept as a fellow victim of those you disdain. You have made the assumption that since you are a wellspring of nuance who is reacting against a brutish bully, that the same dynamics are at play when outsiders complain about those you disdain. This is a huge assumption.
What you may want to consider is whether those for whom you sympathize may have many of the traits you have grown to disdain about those who have adversely affected your own life. This possibility does put you in an odd position, seeing as understanding this possibility means that you would have to consider being more sympathetic towards those for whom you have grown disdain, rather than those who complain in a style they may have learned from your own complaints.
Those who complain in your style could be just as mendacious, just as brutish, and just as mentally dull as those you grew to disdain. In fact, they are probably a more extreme example of behavior you disdain. In fact, if you look more closely at their behavior, you may see that they adopt your style of resistance in a way that seems to be a pale imitation of your own approach. They do not display your nuance at all.
In my next post, I will consider how IQ might relate to this phenomenon.
https://libercolumbia.wordpress.com/2016/10/27/an-open-letter-to-those-who-hate-the-right/
