Complaining about "Political correctness" or "Cancel Culture" is often by people who also don't understand that "no means no"
"It's just a joke" says a man who would actually *kill you* if he could when you tell him he's not funny
The worldview of the "reverse-racism" goons is solipsistic egotism (Literalism) where all observed behavior is presumed to be the same as the host. Since conservatives only complain in order to hurt another person (the Karen Principle), they assume all complaints are in bad faith
Any abused person who complains is just making it up in order to get more advantage. When you can't see the forest for the trees, the invisible structural advantages are rendered non-existent. Everyone gets ahead b/c of merit & quality so ipso facto poor people deserve their fate
5/ (late numbering sorry) Since conservatives live in some simplistic Bingo Calvinistic delusion, a complaint has only one purpose: cheating. This is why conservatives complain & cheat in order to skip ahead in line & cry foul if someone else does it. It's a contest they must win
6/ So "PC" to them is a game to whip up the easily manipulated mob" b/c they themselves are the simple mob. Do they know this, subconsciously? Maybe. Just as simplest creatures know "fire brings pain" they know on a deep level that cheating will get them hurt, so they lie abt it
7/ Ultimately I come back to my repeated observation that many of our problems come from a neurological disability among a powerful plurality: literal thinking
It's the core of Dunning-Kruger; of whatever fallacy this is: "they think we act like them, we think they act like us"
It's the core of Dunning-Kruger; of whatever fallacy this is: "they think we act like them, we think they act like us"
8/ (Mid-thread note: I'm experimenting with writing my stray comments in a long thread that can expand over time; this may make it easier to chronicle some of these points; so pause for now)
9/ To clarify a point above: conservatives deny structural disadvantage both b/c they often cannot perceive it (I propose b/c many have a neurological disability) and b/c ideologically they must deny it (which could appear as a neuro problem but is in fact psychological)
10/ Psychological = b/c their worldview demands they be on top of a hierarchy, all data is processed to arrive at that conclusion. This can be more than culture; it's likely an anxiety that forces them to detest 'losing' & they need an underclass in order to feel secure
11/ There's been some good work recently on the Authoritarian personalities & I don't know if those can be changed through therapy or just overwhelming cultural shift & stigma
But these ppl need to believe that those who're underclass 'deserve' it, w/a fixed biological cause
But these ppl need to believe that those who're underclass 'deserve' it, w/a fixed biological cause
12/ They cling to a delusion that ppl of a diff. race/ethnicity/sexuality are constructed in a flawed manner that consigns them to a lower caste
Women, of course, have had this subaltern role forced on them forever & its internalized by the women of the "superior" cultural group
Women, of course, have had this subaltern role forced on them forever & its internalized by the women of the "superior" cultural group
13/ Subconscious bigotry is the context for complaining about "PC" b/c it's presuming that the attempt to redefine politics & correctness is illegitimate, even unnatural
The bigots believe some groups must remain on a lower caste & their complaints are thus cheating/fake
The bigots believe some groups must remain on a lower caste & their complaints are thus cheating/fake
14 (3 days later)/ Complaining about 'cancel culture' is like claiming 'reverse racism.' It carries the same implications of trying to assert a power imbalance, like refusing to believe that "no means no"
