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I think it's funny that

artappraiser — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:17:41 +0000

In reply to There are what, 10-15 million

I think it's funny that Hispanics themselves are the main ones that seem to think they are taking over the country. Wile everyone else is basically seeing the "other" as taking over and they themselves as a minority....

There are what, 10-15 million

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 07:32:00 +0000

In reply to Zach's had an OCD attack

There are what, 10-15 million Jews in the world total? US might be 2% as a guess without doing a calculation.

Hispanic looks to be the most reasonable guess (or perhaps closer to predicted 2030 numbers, though of course for particular states, not country as a whole). Figures for Muslims and gays are way out of whack. Soon we'll be building rainbow walls I assume...

Zach's had an OCD attack

artappraiser — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 01:09:13 +0000

In reply to Any recent racism in the U.S.

Zach's had an OCD attack again:

Lol. *Everyone* thinks we're more than 15% of the American population https://t.co/pFeWs93seb
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) June 13, 2019

Sorta on topic:

artappraiser — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:22:17 +0000

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on topic and on Zach Goldberg:

I now tweet everything about a week after everyone else but this Zach Goldberg explains in details the Great Awokening https://t.co/CcQ3auWCVz TLDR: The upper-middle class have collectively lost their minds
— Ed West (@edwest) June 8, 2019

I'm not a psychologist obviously but I wonder to what extent the Great Awokening is a combination of both compassion and narcissism (which is far higher among the highest socio-economic class) pic.twitter.com/hCjmboEn3z
— Ed West (@edwest) June 8, 2019

I'd strongly recommend holidays from social media not for a 'mental health break' but just to get a perspective on how extreme and odd many of the most popular (rt'd) opinions on it are. also how abnormal, unhealthy and unpleasant the political debate is
— Ed West (@edwest) June 8, 2019

this ties up with a very strong argument made by Haidt/Lukianoff that a lot of radical politics is anti-CBT - it encourages catastrophising, negative filtering, mind reading. Politics working like health anxiety, and more damaging than the perceived illness pic.twitter.com/kXZ23aflKf
— Ed West (@edwest) June 8, 2019

This is the core observation to be made about the Therapy-Cult Left. Clinical sufferers of anxiety—whose identity is appropriated with the most brazen hypocrisy by the loudest performers of Wokeness—understand it immediately. https://t.co/IyJJvZzLHs
— John-Paul Pagano (@johnpaulpagano) June 8, 2019

Or more possibly Zach would

Flavius — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:51:52 +0000

In reply to Any idea whether Zach has

Or more possibly Zach would have no interest in any suggestions from me or others. On the grounds of You Can't teach your grandmother to suck eggs. Or that it's not his department, if you take my meaning. ,

Any idea whether Zach has

Flavius — Fri, 31 May 2019 23:26:33 +0000

In reply to For crying out loud, he's

Any idea whether Zach has been able to generalize on the trend in "trends."

For example is there a discernable pattern to how the coverage grows from the first appearance of heightened interest in say sexual exploitation to how long it takes to become widespread ,peak and decline. To what extent is that spontaneous vs cultivated. And which of those two types , is more apt to attains permanence.

Zach's thesis advisor might try to nudge him in that direction.

"Aw come on now,

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 31 May 2019 21:13:00 +0000

In reply to That they have the same exact

"Aw come on now,

You must now know about my debutante"

"Well your debutante knows what you need.

But I know what you want"

Oh Mama, can this really be the end

To be stuck inside of Bhopal

With the Madras Blues again...

- Brahmin Dylan

That they have the same exact

artappraiser — Fri, 31 May 2019 20:13:06 +0000

In reply to White Power in India

That they have the same exact hairstyle is hilarious, so much so that it makes it hard for me to take any other issues seriously. That actually trumps everything else, their pageant culture is obviously very shallowly obsessed with a classic Bollywood beauty stereotype that is a version of a Stepford Wife, like ours was with a Barbie doll thing until recently. But beyond that: it is over their head that they are reinforcing top caste ideals (Just google Brahmin beauties.) Comes to mind it is as if all the contestants in U.S. contests were southern belles. Not even a mix like "Wisconsin farm girl" and "sophisticated New Yorker" and "free spirited Miss California"....

White Power in India

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 31 May 2019 15:41:08 +0000

In reply to Any recent racism in the U.S.

White Power in India

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/miss-india-fairness-intl/index.html

Miss India contestants. They all have the same hair, and the SAME SKIN COLOUR, and I'm going to hazard a guess that their heights and vital stats will also be similar. So much for India being a 'diverse' country. pic.twitter.com/L4yXG0WvRu
— labellagorda (@labellagorda) May 27, 2019

And god help me: he doesn't

artappraiser — Wed, 29 May 2019 21:27:03 +0000

In reply to Oh God help me, I don't need

And god help me: he doesn't like being called on seeming to love being in the greatest victim role, but tell him that there's been a lot more coverage of race problems using the politically correct terminology, and instead of saying: great, finally there is some progress! activism caused this!, he complains: it must be lies. Never willing to give up the victim brand, rarely willing to acknowledge any teeny bit of progress. The only positivity and empowerment message I can remember is when he crowed about the increased turnout of black women helping in the 2018 elections. Otherwise, it's always woe is us and anyone who is not black has suspect motives and is trying to hide their racism. Paranoia to the max about me, that's for sure, that's all I feel. The mystery is why are we the targets of this jihad? Why not go and harangue and preach at a site where actual racists hang out.

FWIW, my interest here is totally different than rmrd's paranoic suspicions. It is simply: 1) I am interested in political correctness big picture, including its affects on how culture changes or not, like how certain political correctness causes counter-productive blowback, while other kinds cause earthquake-like rapid change. 2) I have always been attracted to marketing theory in general, including how people are manipulated to "buy" things.

What is causing this is a very very interesting question. Could Trump as president actually be a catalyst that is helping? At this point, I suspect he may be as far as millennial culture is concerned....