Tag: Tribalism
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Republicans Are What Happens When Tribalism Goes Nuclear
Americans are going to the polls – at a mid-term – in record numbers. That includes a lot more of the youth vote than has ever voted before. It also includes a lot more women. They registered to vote – many for the first time – because the Supreme Court took away their rights! And, […]
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Fascism Won’t Conquer America Because Diversity Won’t Let It
The Republican Party’s big secret is out. They’ve foresworn conservatism for outright fascism. America’s political balance needs conservatives – and I say that as a progressive. Opposition isn’t a bad thing. It keeps everyone honest. And progressives, whether they accept it or not, need a conservative counterweight. But, we definitely don’t need the brown shirt […]
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How To Beat Tribalism? Be Even MORE “Tribal”
Humans are tribal by nature; it’s a survival instinct. Since reproduction is one of our key “primal directives”, our genome has built into it behaviors that give our personal DNA every chance to create a next version of “us”. After our own precious ass, our family’s ass comes next in the pecking order. Then our […]
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Dear RW-ers: No, Freedom Is NOT Free; It Comes With Responsibilities
Listening to most RW-ers defend their ideals is starting to sound like a ten year old bully defending himself. “You’re not the boss of me” is what “freedom” sounds like in his ears. That might work as freedom if you live alone on an island. Put one other person there and “you’re not the boss […]
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Human Beings Can’t Help Being Tribal; The Trick Is To See As Many Other Humans As Possible As “Your Tribe”
I’m an Angeleno. As crazy-making as living in LA can make you, I love living here and I feel a very real kinship with everyone else who loves living here. Hell — I feel a kinship for those who DON’T love living here. I get it. I understand them and feel those same tugs. If […]
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It Sucks Being Hated. It Sucks More When The Reason You’re Hated Is Entirely Based On Fiction
It sucks when the thing at the end of “I hate you because…” is bullshit. I’m a yid. A kike. A sheeny. I grew up part of a hated community. As a kid, you ask the obvious question — “But WHY do they hate me (never mind us)?” The answer you get back isn’t satisfying […]
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What Tribalism IS & ISN’T
Our illustrious, observant MSM points out a lot these days how TRIBAL we’ve all become (and how ‘it’s both sides’ fault that we HAVE become so tribal). As I’m fond of saying on these pages here, if you start from a place of BULLSHIT, you will only ever see BULLSHIT in front of you. And […]