This is a timely commentary for me. As you know I am a harsh critic of the extremes of tribal partisanship. I recently read something and perceived strong political bias where I didn't think it belonged. While the No True Scotsman Fallacy is a fallacy, it is also fair to consider fringe radicals of a tribe to truthfully not be representa…
This is a timely commentary for me. As you know I am a harsh critic of the extremes of tribal partisanship. I recently read something and perceived strong political bias where I didn't think it belonged. While the No True Scotsman Fallacy is a fallacy, it is also fair to consider fringe radicals of a tribe to truthfully not be representative of their tribe's norms.
I thought about it for several days and realized that while I may have been detecting bias on his part, I was also influenced by my own bias. When we view the world thru our looking glass it is often also a two-way mirror and some of what we see is a reflection of ourselves. I need to work on that as much as anyone, even though I "know" that my views are the gold standard for truth ;0)
I think that Eve was responding to her own reflection with some of her assumptions. Sadly, people tend to measure equal opportunity by looking for equal results. Ms. Sellers perceived a result and wondered about the cause. The answer was to kill the messenger. Her question could have led to a solution if the cause was determined.
"I think that Eve was responding to her own reflection with some of her assumptions."
Yeah, Eve is a trip. As I said, she's been commenting on pretty much everything I write for the past few months. Invariably with some weird, disingenuous nonsense that starts by taking for granted that I'm a racist, misogynist, transphobe, etc and building from there. I haven't posted her here because the conversations are just so ridiculous. But it's a problem I see quite often on social justice issues.
The belief that if you question the orthodoxy relating to a particlar group then you hate that group and want to destroy them (even if you're a *member* of that group), is so prevalant at the moment. And as you say, it makes actually figuring out solutions pretty much impossible.
This is a timely commentary for me. As you know I am a harsh critic of the extremes of tribal partisanship. I recently read something and perceived strong political bias where I didn't think it belonged. While the No True Scotsman Fallacy is a fallacy, it is also fair to consider fringe radicals of a tribe to truthfully not be representative of their tribe's norms.
I thought about it for several days and realized that while I may have been detecting bias on his part, I was also influenced by my own bias. When we view the world thru our looking glass it is often also a two-way mirror and some of what we see is a reflection of ourselves. I need to work on that as much as anyone, even though I "know" that my views are the gold standard for truth ;0)
I think that Eve was responding to her own reflection with some of her assumptions. Sadly, people tend to measure equal opportunity by looking for equal results. Ms. Sellers perceived a result and wondered about the cause. The answer was to kill the messenger. Her question could have led to a solution if the cause was determined.
"I think that Eve was responding to her own reflection with some of her assumptions."
Yeah, Eve is a trip. As I said, she's been commenting on pretty much everything I write for the past few months. Invariably with some weird, disingenuous nonsense that starts by taking for granted that I'm a racist, misogynist, transphobe, etc and building from there. I haven't posted her here because the conversations are just so ridiculous. But it's a problem I see quite often on social justice issues.
The belief that if you question the orthodoxy relating to a particlar group then you hate that group and want to destroy them (even if you're a *member* of that group), is so prevalant at the moment. And as you say, it makes actually figuring out solutions pretty much impossible.