[ExI] This is my last post to the Extropian List

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
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Subject: Re: [ExI] This is my last post to the Extropian List

 

>…Hey Spike - it works like this:  suppose you are very right wing. That means that fear is your main motivator in the political realm …  To attack this point of view is just to make it stronger.  I see no reason why this might not hold true even if a person is left wing.  Elicit enough fear and this is the way it works.  bill w

 

 

Ja.  There is a level of subtlety at play in our times which I think is important.  We have heard the term “dog whistle” words and terms.  In our polarized times in the US, we are well aware of the existence of these terms and even patterns of thought.  We do IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) in this manner, but it is far from flawless, for that process tends to identify third party people as universal foes.  That doesn’t seem right to me either. 

 

We Libertarians have those too: we talk about details of the constitution a lot.

 

Here’s another one for you.  Assume someone brings up the topic of guns.  Any actual knowledge of how a gun works, any actual technical knowledge of the topic in our world is nearly universally interpreted as indicating right wing sympathy.  Anyone who has a lot of technical knowledge on the topic is highly suspect, regardless of that person’s actual political sympathies.

 

One step further please.  Suppose one recognizes that the speaker is using a lot of specialized terminology and responds not at all, even if one thinks one knows what is meant.  Silence is interpreted as disagreement.  Non-response is a negative response.  This is most disturbing, for if silence is violence, it cannot be allowed.  Orwell was right again.

 

spike   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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