Thank you for these interviews - I can relate to the experiences that both of you share. There is something liberating about being called a racist. I do think she is right that both desire for goodness and fear of exclusion is driving so much of this ideology. Once the "worst" happens - being labeled a racist - fear becomes much less important, and there is more room for genuine open-mindedness. For myself, though, I worry that resentment can become just as distorting. I have come to hate the left for its hypocrisy, and it is hard not to let that anger become its own driver of cognitive bias.....
Thank you for these interviews - I can relate to the experiences that both of you share. There is something liberating about being called a racist. I do think she is right that both desire for goodness and fear of exclusion is driving so much of this ideology. Once the "worst" happens - being labeled a racist - fear becomes much less important, and there is more room for genuine open-mindedness. For myself, though, I worry that resentment can become just as distorting. I have come to hate the left for its hypocrisy, and it is hard not to let that anger become its own driver of cognitive bias.....
This is a good point. The moment you escape one biased framework you have to start asking yourself whether you've adopted a new one.