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  • #16
    Originally posted by Starlight View Post
    After recently reading some research that suggested that people with a conservative political orientation respond more to fear than liberals and have a larger amygdala (part of the brain that responds to fear) than liberals, it makes me wonder how often different people experience fear in their everyday lives and change their behavior as a result.
    Lots of libs respond to fear. Many have gunphobia, you have 'global warming Paris agreement "sky is falling!!!!!!!!! "

    Sense of danger of libs is damaged, will only respond when Fake News tells them to be scared, of guns, of "sky is falling!!!!!", of Putin/Russia, of Trump=Hitler= destroyers of institutions of democracy of ours, etc.
    Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Starlight View Post
      Some people might cynically say that perhaps religion is thus attractive for particularly fearful people, and that the idea of God offers to them a form of fear alleviation.
      Good for them.
      That's what
      - She

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      - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Starlight View Post
        Some people might cynically say that perhaps religion is thus attractive for particularly fearful people, and that the idea of God offers to them a form of fear alleviation.
        If you asked, I'd rather suspect that most Christians will tell you they believe out of love, not fear. John Edwards' infamous "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is quite the exception, not the rule. Further, converting to Christianity in non-Christian cultures takes a rather large dollop of courage, the antithesis of fear. I would not extend that same expectation to all religions.
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        • #19
          Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
          Lots of libs respond to fear. Many have gunphobia, you have 'global warming Paris agreement "sky is falling!!!!!!!!! "

          Sense of danger of libs is damaged, will only respond when Fake News tells them to be scared, of guns, of "sky is falling!!!!!", of Putin/Russia, of Trump=Hitler= destroyers of institutions of democracy of ours, etc.
          They are all bad, and the world is burning, we just aren’t seeing the hellfire fall yet. Also still waiting for the term heterophobia to be used as well-holds some merit in use from time to time.
          I am become death...

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Darth Executor View Post
            The -phobia ending was not introduced by progressives to clarify language, it was introduced to falsely paint opponents as irrational. So it's not really the same case as this scenario.
            I am very very skeptical that there was any malice in the evolution of the language. However, I acknowledge that the term does seem to trigger a lot of snowflake conservatives, so I personally use the phrase "anti-gay" instead of "homophobia", as to me the two terms are completely identical in meaning but the former avoids willful misunderstandings on the part of conservatives and avoids them pretending to take offense.
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            • #21
              Originally posted by Starlight View Post
              ...However, I acknowledge that the term does seem to trigger a lot of snowflake conservatives...
              No - it's just dumb.
              The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Starlight View Post
                I am very very skeptical that there was any malice in the evolution of the language. However, I acknowledge that the term does seem to trigger a lot of snowflake conservatives,
                If by "trigger" you mean "causes vehement disagreement" and by "snowflake" you mean "vehemently disagreeing" yes. However, that's not what is meant by "trigger" when used by those who coined the definition, nor is that what is meant by "snowflake" by those who coined the definition.

                FWIW, I'm also not sure how you're managing to read 'malice' into DE's explanation (which is bang-on accurate).
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                  that's not what is meant... by those who coined the definition, nor is that what is meant by... those who coined the definition.
                  Language changes gradually or rapidly over time as used by different people, and what the words mean is what the people in general are using them to mean. It is a fundamental error in the understanding of language that I see a lot of conservatives naively make, to think that words should always and forever mean what they Originally MeantTM. There is not a copyright owned by those who coin a definition, where they are some sort of Official Decreer of what terms mean forevermore.

                  If by "trigger" you mean "causes vehement disagreement" and by "snowflake" you mean "vehemently disagreeing" yes.
                  I mean "the easily upsetable crybabies, who will have a meltdown at the slightest and most mild thing that upsets them and who think the world is always unfair to them and are paranoid that the world is out to get them, will go on a rant and throw a tantrum" when I say "trigger the snowflakes".

                  DE's explanation (which is bang-on accurate).
                  Wow. You should think hard about whether you really want to agree with D.E. on anything. It sets a really bad precedent.

                  In this instance, D.E. is completely making stuff up that he feels ought to be true. He provides zero evidence. It seems to me really really unlikely to be true. But you seem to think it ought to be true because it sounds true to you. I think Steven Colbert's comments about "truthiness" apply: That a lot of US conservatives rather than using their evidence and reasoning to evaluate factual claims will instead just apply a 'gut feeling' about whether it 'feels true' to them ("truthiness"). D.E.'s statement sounded good to conservatives so all of you here who don't apply your brains or rationally judge evidence and simply agree with anything that sounds good all fell over yourselves to amen it, thus proving your own lack of judgement and mental incompetence.
                  Last edited by Starlight; 03-25-2018, 08:31 PM.
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                  "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                    If by "trigger" you mean "causes vehement disagreement" and by "snowflake" you mean "vehemently disagreeing" yes. However, that's not what is meant by "trigger" when used by those who coined the definition, nor is that what is meant by "snowflake" by those who coined the definition.

                    FWIW, I'm also not sure how you're managing to read 'malice' into DE's explanation (which is bang-on accurate).
                    Now Pig, it is not a surprise to see star try to use appellations he doesn't like in ways that do not relate. He has done that in other similar cases. Sort of "so are you" kind of insult.

                    You see it again in his very next post.
                    Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

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