Divide and rule

cyu@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 778 points –
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Yeah i've learned not to trust this kind of simmetrical worldview, even when it makes me feel smart for being above it.

What if instead of taking it as saying all things are symmetrical we take it to mean that we have a tendency to consider outsiders to be "savage" or simply "other" even when the evidence doesn't support that? Then this shitpost would be more like a warning against xenophobia.

You chose an interpretation you didn't like just so you could dismiss it. And you don't think your goal in doing so is to feel intellectually superior? You're another.

What if instead of aggressively going off on people we consider that they may have valid experiences shaping their worldview, and that their point is not even necessarily opposed to ours anyway?

I think we have the same point here - and there's no aggression. That's more of your cyber brain fleshing out details of a person one cannot know but only touches through a singular on-screen opinion. You attributed aggression because it went with the context. See how quickly this shit happens? And people are actually dismissing the meme............. it's happening right in front of us