Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@rasmansa So the target of mockery is being used as a means to an end. I wonder if Kant would or wouldn't mock you for that behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 10, 2021

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Right. My account of what sometimes happens is mockery gets celebrated by the in group, giving a false impression of efficacy, but fuels negative polarization wrt the outgroup, and is in fact counterproductive, especially when the action (cast a vote, get a vaccine) is hideable — PolitiTweet.org

@conor64 Bad online debate isn't for the participants its for the audience. The discursive purpose of mockery is to… https://t.co/loKI79oWCf

Posted Sept. 10, 2021

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

Another question: "Have you ever been jarred into thinking again about a question or researching it more deeply after seeing the position you'd assumed was true being treated as laughable?" Specific examples only. — PolitiTweet.org

@conor64 Of course nobody's going to say yes to *that*, but if you asked "have you ever been jarred into thinking a… https://t.co/sLhbjuibrm

Posted Sept. 10, 2021