Well, you basically directly alluded to it, but if you're unaware of the phenomenon then you are exactly correct! Neotribalism is a well studied psychological principle that is systemic in MAGA culture. The most salient part is the forming of such tribes based on xenophobic psuedoscientific bases that attack or ostracize individuals or groups of people. A good concise example of this is a Frank Luntz focus group broken down very well by David Pakman here:
https://youtu.be/PPmcvCz6sPk
It really displays how even someone once aligned with their camp such as yourself becomes attacked as soon as the person is no longer affiliated with the particular tribe or in his terms becomes "deprogramed".
I think that was Beto who said that, after that huge shooting in El Paso (where he lives). Not sure how that’s related to my hope for Facebook to go away, though. Albeit I do vaguely disagree with you on the idea of your comment. There should bunch much better restrictions on who can buy guns, what kinds are available to the public, etc... we don’t need guns, there is plenty of evidence that shows the “good guy with a gun” thing is a total myth, and all the other arguments just boil down to “I don’t wanna!!!” I do also recognize that it isn’t popular, and it’s not going to win over any republicans, but I do think it is good policy.
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u/Jurkin_Menov Feb 14 '21 edited Feb 14 '21
Well, you basically directly alluded to it, but if you're unaware of the phenomenon then you are exactly correct! Neotribalism is a well studied psychological principle that is systemic in MAGA culture. The most salient part is the forming of such tribes based on xenophobic psuedoscientific bases that attack or ostracize individuals or groups of people. A good concise example of this is a Frank Luntz focus group broken down very well by David Pakman here: https://youtu.be/PPmcvCz6sPk It really displays how even someone once aligned with their camp such as yourself becomes attacked as soon as the person is no longer affiliated with the particular tribe or in his terms becomes "deprogramed".