I think the point is that you don't need to make "negative posts" about those topics, rather discussing them from any angle that isn't the accepted progressive orthodoxy results in the ban hammer.
No dog in this particular fight as I don't care either way but to answer your question: I've seen plenty of examples involving TERFs or questioning transgender women in women's sports where the ban hammer was brought out.
Another example is being egalitarian instead of equitarian. Being strictly egalitarian gets you labeled racist pretty quickly in many online forums. Just this past week in my neighborhood Buy Nothing group someone put up an item and made it available only to BIPOC people. Some people called it out as discriminatory and antithetical to community-building. They got called racist and accused of white fragility and were both muted for two weeks. No one on the side of orthodoxy got muted.
In both of the racial examples, people are attempting to correct past injustices. BIPOC people never received a court settlement for the injustices against them. Politicians left it up to citizens on how to repair the damage, so to do nothing seems far short of adequate, but it's a fair debate about how far to go.
How many black people still alive today saw signs that said "No blacks allowed" back in the 60s? I guess your neighbor saw the Buy Nothing post as basically saying "No whites allowed".
I could see the original poster's intent being "I'm sorry BIPOC that you haven't been treated as fairly as I have, and I want to help". Calling that discriminatory is a bit harsh, but I'm sure that doesn't feel good to a non-BIPOC person who's struggling and could really benefit from the item.
I think there's a concerted effort since George Floyd to understand the plight of BIPOC people and help them feel safe and respected in the community, where they at times have felt the need to be invisible to be safe.
It's like doing a fund raiser for indigenous people, trying to acknowledge that a group has been wronged and trying to help that group feel respected again.
But it's a fine line for sure. At the point it becomes an anti-white thing rather than a pro-BIPOC thing, the conditions change dramatically.
We should point out too that white people did get reparations. They lost slaves and the government paid them. You can't claim to be a "strict egalitarian" if you support a system that treats people unequally.
I have a personal theory that we enter into a "crisis" of some sort roughly every 5 years. Essentially 1-2 years of definition/growth/change, 2 years-ish of normalcy post change, 1-2 years of redefinition as things become old and others become new/interesting.
A perpetual cycle of shifting identity as we change internally and externally. I think it's a good thing to have and understand, but can be overwhelming as well.
I have zero evidence of this, it's just kind of based on my own observations. It's helped me to not be so hard on my self though when I find my tastes, interests, and identity changing over time.
I like to think in terms of "cycles" in a similar manner, except that there are multiple overlapping cycles of different periods (some closer to weekly/monthly), all summed together. On any given day you will be in a somewhat unique position. Basically a Fourier transform for your psyche.
You could probably extrapolate the infant, child, adolescent, and adult's growth and development model (with hormone increases and decreases) to find evidence. I think your hunch is pretty cool and spot on for my experience as well. Surely, too, do external events either speed up or slow down some parts - but the core idea of new stage change, stasis, then redefinition could be worth exploring.
absolutely. the daily cycle, the weekly cycle, the quarterly cycle, the yearly cycle, and the 5-10 year cycle. i also have nothing but my own anecdotal evidence for this. i think its hard to realize that things that last for several years still do come to an end in many cases, their cycle is just slower. the fact that there isnt a term for the 5-10 year cycle is evidence that we are kinda blind to it.
I think there's a clear case for limiting the tactics currently employed by social media. They are using a clear strategy and deploying it to millions/billions through the use of algos. There are multiple ways to attack that and I encourage it before the world collectively loses its mind.
This, in my opinion, overlays very well with doom scrolling partisan entertainment on facebook/instagram. No one enjoys it, but the intensity drives them back.
> This, in my opinion, overlays very well with doom scrolling partisan entertainment on facebook/instagram. No one enjoys it, but the intensity drives them back.
But enjoyment-seeking isn't the only thing that motivates people to do things. Fear and anxiety can too, and I think doomscrolling is more of an example of that. It's like vigilantly looking for lions on the savanna and rallying your tribe to react the ones you've spotted.
I'd say we should be outraged, but we're awash in outrage because the rule of law has become a one sided bludgeoning instrument for the government to suppress dissent.
I can't wait to get out of here. To hell with this place any more.
What a stark contrast to America. A country of "Personal freedom" that utterly entraps you to work and shames you as a socialist for asking for support from your government. Ironically, the cut throat work environment that has trained me to always keep an eye out for a better deal is drawing me to immigrating away from this country to the EU.
(This is a throw away comment to vent my personal frustrations. I'm quite afraid of the terrible responses this will draw from my fellow Americans so pardon me if I skip out form here.)
This right here was such an infuriating discovery for me. Math never made sense to me until I had a kindly old teacher who insisted she watch me write out every step of a problem (in community college). She pointed out that the logic was fine, I was just being sloppy with my notes which led to errors.
It was like a dam broke over night. Everything clicked and I was so pissed off that it took so long to find such a stupid issue. Better late than never I suppose...
+ With (exceptionally) long term, positive effects when coupled with therapy before, during, and after strong psychedelic trips.
Ultimately, the research results (and anecdotal evidence) for psilocybin are too great to ignore. The next question is - How does it get legalized (which we're seeing the stirrings of) and who gets access to it and how when it is?
Who are the service providers of the treatment and what training have they taken to do so? There is some available through folks who did original research (eg: John Hopkins) and now do talk and demo circuits but otherwise it's all largely undefined.
I'm paranoid of what this might lead to without strong community standards and ethics. A good first step, but lets hope it doesn't ruin it for others.
It's undefined because it's just getting started. You can't make a substance legal and have all the necessary training and infrastructure available from day 1.
So previously they were illegal and you bought dried mushrooms from some guy in a pool hall (maybe I'm dating myself). Its hard to imagine that legalizing them is a step back. People automatically see legalization as an excuse for more bureaucracy and regulation - how about starting with the premise that the world didnt end while people bought it illegally, and ease in a minimal way to ensure safety and quality, which must be well understood for all the other foods and natural products already sold, instead of doing the regulatory power grab of "oh we need a whole new framework!"
