dagblog - Comments for "Americans Are Shifting The Rest Of Their Identity To Match Their Politics"

It has been amusing for me.

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:27:07 +0000

In reply to That's a different one - this

It has been amusing for me. It was an otherwise boring day.

That's a different one - this

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:18:50 +0000

In reply to I disagree. I put up a blog

That's a different one - this blog's about how we can tear each other apart ;-)

I disagree. I put up a blog

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 21:17:17 +0000

In reply to Sure tribalism still exists

I disagree. I put up a blog post that explains that identity politics was seen as a method that groups could use to work together.

Sure tribalism still exists

ocean-kat — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:40:46 +0000

In reply to You just made the tribal

Sure tribalism still exists but most if not all of the advances come from our ability to expand our personal definition of who is included in the tribe. From small groups of a few dozen to nation states, at times even a tribe that includes the whole human species. The civil rights era was successful because enough people expanded their definition of tribe to include all humans, black or white. It wasn't tribes that expanded their definition of who was included in the tribe. It was a sufficient number of individuals becoming less tribal that led to those advances. More tribalism leads to more in group out group behavior.

You just made the tribal

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:30:32 +0000

In reply to that's because there

You just made the tribal argument found in “Social Conquest of the Earth” by ethnobiologist E.O. Wilson

Have you ever wondered why, in the ongoing presidential campaign, we so strongly hear the pipes calling us to arms? Why the religious among us bristle at any challenge to the creation story they believe? Or even why team sports evoke such intense loyalty, joy, and despair?

The answer is that everyone, no exception, must have a tribe, an alliance with which to jockey for power and territory, to demonize the enemy, to organize rallies and raise flags.

https://www.newsweek.com/biologist-eo-wilson-why-humans-ants-need-tribe-...

Running Neanderthals Out was tribal.

I think she understands the

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:18:33 +0000

In reply to Cortez is a democratic

I think she understands the agenda of BLM, while not being a part of BLM. Her district is racially diverse so she learned how to listen.

that's because there

artappraiser — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:09:23 +0000

In reply to As a tribe as as individuals

Re: I don't see evidence to support your tribalistic views.

that's because there basically isn't any in the grand trajectory of history of the human race. We slowly evolved ourselves towards globalization by intermingling and mixing and gaining intel on how not to just survive but thrive and by doing so grew our species to have dominance over all others on this planet.

Tribal, you wanna talk tribal, bet the Neanderthals were tribal, we stole some of their genetic material and let the rest of em die off...

Thanks again for providing

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 20:07:52 +0000

In reply to oh really, all blacks, 100%?

Thanks again for providing humor to help the day go by.

As a tribe as as individuals

ocean-kat — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:54:31 +0000

In reply to Blacks were more supportive

As a tribe as or as individuals who rose above their tribal affiliation to support groups outside their tribe? The slim minority of black Christians that supported gay rights was a marginally larger minority of blacks than the slim minority of white Christians that supported. There are individuals within most tribes capable of raising above their tribal affiliation to support others but I don't see tribes uniting to support other tribes. I don't see evidence to support your tribalistic views.

I point out differences of

rmrd0000 — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:46:26 +0000

In reply to Because you have a racial

I point out differences of opinion. You dismiss arguments like cultural appropriation I provide an opposing view.