Thread by @owenbroadcast

theres some fascinating inverse correlation for how the pop caricature of liberals and conservatives relate to individuals vs groups that i can almost articulate but cant. ie liberals are supposed to be worried about “offending” but this only applies to groups of people. [...]

in practice whenever im around them they invariably assume aspects of your own worldview are actually extremely offensive without even pausing for a second to consider it. likewise the pop caricature about conservatives is that they dont care about helping others. [...]

but to whatever extent this is true, this also only relates to groups and likewise has an inverse correlation with their relationship to individuals. if i had a flat tire i could probably wait on the side of the road where im from (liberal) for days and no one would stop to help.

in fact i would bet a fairly large amount of money on that and the person that would stop would be an outlier conservative person. whereas when i am now, in a conservative place, i would be surprised if you waited a few hours. this inverse correlation seems to apply in totality.

for example the same group insisting that we (as a group, right, get it) only take advice from certified medical doctors is also the same group of people constantly giving me unsolicited medical advice or commenting on medical things to me, despite not being doctors.

i cant exactly pin it down at this moment but it really seems like (perhaps obvious) that the more you relate to humanity in terms of abstract groups, the less you can relate to people as individual persons and consider how your actions are directly affecting them as real people.

i feel like i knew something like this was true on an abstract level (for groups, lol) but now that ive really noticed its hands on IRL, being in a position to interact with both groups regularly, i cant really unsee it. of course its not a perfect binary but it works perfectly.

if i go to someones house, + if we had to fit them into this binary, they would be liberal, i can basically bank on them plowing full speed into something like “yeah man, those baptists are insane” without knowing if im baptist (im not, but they dont know that) or if my family is

i can bank on them doing this several times, i actually kind of steele myself for it at this point, ironically it actually is offensive, yet a massive part of their worldview- according to conservatives- revolves around being inclusive and not offending people to a comical extent

now i look for this inverse correlation and its always there. for example people just say stuff about my wifes pregnancy or my babys weight (hes literally fine bro looking super epic hes not even fat not that that would be a problem but his jawline is already chiseled we’re fine)

and it really bothers my wife. it happens a lot. now whenever it happens i look for the inverse correlation: what does this persons worldview say about taking medical advice from “not experts”? bam. its always there. its the same people. every time. theyre also [very] about that.

maybe its obvious. ive been noticing it so much recently + i cant put it down. it feels significant. when someone relates to me as a individual in a way that flags something in my mind, its always not only discongruous with the pop conception of their worldview: its the opposite.