walk in the woods Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 16 minutes ago, Tampa Turtle said: On the other hand I get the concept of the 'moral panic'; I was almost run out of my church for the comment that "In a broad generality Men and Women experience the world differently". Somehow that made me a troglodyte, transgender-hating (since I brought up only 2 genders), homo-phobic (not sure how that staretd) etc, etc. Glad I didn't bring up I was a scout leader. This is the reality and pain of collectivism. Doesn't matter if it's a church, community, political party, government, corporation, or charitable organization. Believe and repeat the narrative or face shaming. If that doesn't work you will be banished. Religions have worked this way forever, secular society is quickly catching up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, walk in the woods said: This is the reality and pain of collectivism. Doesn't matter if it's a church, community, political party, government, corporation, or charitable organization. Believe and repeat the narrative or face shaming. If that doesn't work you will be banished. Religions have worked this way forever, secular society is quickly catching up. Yes my "I am so liberal I worked on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign" bonafides is meaningless. It is harder and harder where it is "can we agree to disagree". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuctTape Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Far too often people only listen enough to figure out how to respond instead of listening to understand the perspective of others. This is not limited to one side or the other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walk in the woods Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 minutes ago, Tampa Turtle said: Yes my "I am so liberal I worked on Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign" bonafides is meaningless. That just makes you old and irrelevant :). We have cookies and warm milk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJCubScouter Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 12 hours ago, TAHAWK said: An illustration of "momentum," which could be called "me too." "The McMartin Preschool case... I'm not sure what that case has to do with the "Me Too" movement. The differences are too numerous to count, but obviously the most important one is the difference between statements of preschoolers (who, I thought, are presumed incapable of distinguishing fact from fiction, and therefore I am not even sure why their testimony was admitted anyway) who were basically told what to say, and the stories now being recounted by adult women. The youngest "Me too" accusers (at the time of the alleged incidents) that I am aware of are the 14-year-old girl in the Roy Moore situation and (if we can go back to 2016) the under-age beauty contestants who say the current president came into their dressing room and ogled them while they were changing clothes. They are capable of distinguishing fact and fiction and their testimony (not that that is going to happen in either case) would be admitted in court. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Tampa Turtle said: I was almost run out of my church for the comment that "In a broad generality Men and Women experience the world differently". Somehow that made me a troglodyte, transgender-hating (since I brought up only 2 genders), homo-phobic (not sure how that staretd) etc, etc. Glad I didn't bring up I was a scout leader. out of your church??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gwaihir said: out of your church??? "Made not to feel welcome" by some in the congregation. (the irony is they aren't as active helping out as I) My denomination is under extreme strain right now. I'd rather move that discussion off-line. I know I brought it up, sorry--I don't want to de-rail the thread too much. (If you care you are free to message me) I guess my point is that it is getting harder to know where the landmines are now and when you step on one real dialogue seems to stop. And I mean face to face communication. I shudder to think about social media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel947 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, Tampa Turtle said: "Made not to feel welcome" by some in the congregation. (the irony is they aren't as active helping out as I) My denomination is under extreme strain right now. I'd rather move that discussion off-line. I know I brought it up, sorry--I don't want to de-rail the thread too much. (If you care you are free to message me) I guess my point is that it is getting harder to know where the landmines are now and when you step on one real dialogue seems to stop. And I mean face to face communication. I shudder to think about social media. Social media is basically a screaming match where the loudest voices win and only the most invested in a viewpoint participate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Just now, Tampa Turtle said: "Made not to feel welcome" by some in the congregation. (the irony is they aren't as active helping out as I) My denomination is under extreme strain right now. I'd rather move that discussion off-line. I know I brought it up, sorry--I don't want to de-rail the thread too much. (If you care you are free to message me) I guess my point is that it is getting harder to know where the landmines are now and when you step on one real dialogue seems to stop. And I mean face to face communication. I shudder to think about social media. We can end it here, I don't mean to pry or get into things too personal. Jordan Petersen, Steven Pinker and Bret Weinstein and several others have all heavily stated of late how open dialog is becoming more and more forbidden because of the ramifications and accusations of isms that we're regressing and avenues of progress are blocked off because no one can talk to each other any more. It's not a healthy time to be alive. 2 minutes ago, Sentinel947 said: Social media is basically a screaming match where the loudest voices win and only the most invested in a viewpoint participate. it's not just social media... TT is talking about in person, at his congregation... that's not social media, that's every day American life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwin Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 34 minutes ago, Tampa Turtle said: I guess my point is that it is getting harder to know where the landmines are now and when you step on one real dialogue seems to stop. And I mean face to face communication. I shudder to think about social media. There was an outstanding program on NPR about this very topic a few days ago: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back Pack Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 If you want to talk about how hard it is just ask any male on campus. We are assumed guilty in everything. People snark at you because of your race or religion. These are the same people wearing T-shirt’s or pins with all sorts of inclusive messages. They just don’t apply if you’re a male or white or catholic or Jewish or a frat member. Sad irony. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmberMike Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 14 hours ago, TAHAWK said: An illustration of "momentum," which could be called "me too." "The McMartin Preschool case ... Connecting the "me too" movement to a fringe outlier case that would never even be possible today (do you know how much security and monitoring goes on in most modern daycare centers?) is stretching way beyond reason to make a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel947 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Gwaihir said: We can end it here, I don't mean to pry or get into things too personal. Jordan Petersen, Steven Pinker and Bret Weinstein and several others have all heavily stated of late how open dialog is becoming more and more forbidden because of the ramifications and accusations of isms that we're regressing and avenues of progress are blocked off because no one can talk to each other any more. It's not a healthy time to be alive. it's not just social media... TT is talking about in person, at his congregation... that's not social media, that's every day American life. He mentioned Social media. I didn't mention his church because he has decided not to share more about it and I'm not going to speculate as to what happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tampa Turtle Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 54 minutes ago, Hawkwin said: There was an outstanding program on NPR about this very topic a few days ago: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/637/words-you-cant-say I heard that while on a home repair run. Was very good story...very messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 38 minutes ago, Sentinel947 said: He mentioned Social media. I didn't mention his church because he has decided not to share more about it and I'm not going to speculate as to what happened. ah, I see the correlation now. Missed it the first go around. all good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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