When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you. A man with a hammer sees nails everywhere. There is often a difference in what you said and what people heard after it's passed through the filter of their own bias filters. But the idea that trans is a nessissary prefix and cis is not is something…
When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you. A man with a hammer sees nails everywhere. There is often a difference in what you said and what people heard after it's passed through the filter of their own bias filters. But the idea that trans is a nessissary prefix and cis is not is something that doesn't get an honest and logical counter argument, just a block.
"When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you"
Haha, yeah, I mean Kitten quiet openly claims to know my thoughts better than I do. I come across it quite often from strangers on the internet actually😅
A lot of people, especially people who have been indoctrinated by this particular cult, have trouble differentiating their feelings from reality. And object strongly to any evidence that reveals their feelings are wrong. That's why it's so hard to talk to them. One of my favourite quotes by Thomas Sowell covers this nicely:
"The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling."
Imputing motive is definitely an issue - not just on the internet - between humans everywhere. Love that Sowell quote. It points to the fact that our education system is such a mess.
>"When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you."
Exactly.
I have come to believe that the misattribution of intention or motive to those we disagree with (ie: what somebody is trying to do, or why) is one of the most common cognitive distortions among humans (of many). It's incredibly easy to project whatever fits one's confirmation bias or agenda, in order to easily dismiss and demonize. Cheap shots.
Of course, sometimes we may be correct. But it's generally hard to know when that is, and easy to presume, so we need to be wary and cautious of this (usually unconscious) distortion.
When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you. A man with a hammer sees nails everywhere. There is often a difference in what you said and what people heard after it's passed through the filter of their own bias filters. But the idea that trans is a nessissary prefix and cis is not is something that doesn't get an honest and logical counter argument, just a block.
"When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you"
Haha, yeah, I mean Kitten quiet openly claims to know my thoughts better than I do. I come across it quite often from strangers on the internet actually😅
A lot of people, especially people who have been indoctrinated by this particular cult, have trouble differentiating their feelings from reality. And object strongly to any evidence that reveals their feelings are wrong. That's why it's so hard to talk to them. One of my favourite quotes by Thomas Sowell covers this nicely:
"The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling."
Nothing is more indicative of just what a pickle we're in than "truth" preceded by a possessive adjective.
""Your truth is not my truth."
We're SO doomed.
Imputing motive is definitely an issue - not just on the internet - between humans everywhere. Love that Sowell quote. It points to the fact that our education system is such a mess.
>"When people use the phrase "dog whistle" they claim to know your thoughts better than you."
Exactly.
I have come to believe that the misattribution of intention or motive to those we disagree with (ie: what somebody is trying to do, or why) is one of the most common cognitive distortions among humans (of many). It's incredibly easy to project whatever fits one's confirmation bias or agenda, in order to easily dismiss and demonize. Cheap shots.
Of course, sometimes we may be correct. But it's generally hard to know when that is, and easy to presume, so we need to be wary and cautious of this (usually unconscious) distortion.
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