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"Both post-attack escalations had telling similarities. A disregard for truth. An elevation of pre-existing prejudice. The inflammatory power of social media."

submitted by paul_neri to SocialMedia 2 weeksApr 29, 2024 04:25:58 ago (+1/-1)     (www.theguardian.com)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/28/social-media-lies-can-unleash-a-dangerous-contempt-for-others-we-can-stop-it

"They also reflect something that has crept into our public square that fuels disproportionate disfunction. Contempt. More than mere disagreement, it thinks less of those with whom we disagree. We don’t just reject ideas and identities, we dehumanise those who hold them. This “othering” leads us to – as theologian Miroslav Volf puts it – exclude others from the community of humanity. In societies, contempt is kryptonite to social trust."


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[ - ] FreeinTX 0 points 2 weeksApr 29, 2024 06:52:03 ago (+0/-0)

Haidt calls for “spiritual elevation” through more embodied and shared experiences.

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