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Originally Posted by rubecube
It's not like Cliff's constant false equivalencies between the conservative and religious bans and attack on lifestyle choices in and modern "outrage culture" are particularly intellectual honest either.
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There have been all sorts of studies and books published on moral tribes, policing in-group behaviour, and outrage culture. It's not some crank theory I cooked up.
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...om_search=true
Who Is Competent to Decide What Offends?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...ffends/542523/
When moral outrage goes viral
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/371-mo...iral-1.4391798
And if the only thing you understand about traditional morality is attacking lifestyle choices, you need to read more on the subject. The purpose of traditional morality is to foster group cohesion and conformity, to reduce offensive and anti-social behaviour, and ensure that sex takes place under socially sanctioned conditions. Shame and ostracization are the preferred tools for asserting the community's values, and members of the community gain status by identifying transgressors.
Sound familiar?