Re:It’s Time to Repeal the Jones Act
by TrickardRixx on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:03PM
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All my friends who think neoliberalism = "placing one's head in one's ass" call themselves "socialists". You are correct that they're ridiculed, though.
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Re:It’s Time to Repeal the Jones Act
by kelseyfrog on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @02:35PM
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This is actually a really good example of re-enforcing the normalcy of ridicule in that it licenses others to do the same to the same groups of people. It's precisely this reality-enforcing mechanism that I'm attempting to point out. It's endlessly both funny and sad that even giving folks the ability to recognize it doesn't actually change anything.
TrickardRixx's reply is kind of perfect in that regard.
Re:It’s Time to Repeal the Jones Act
by kelseyfrog on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:48PM
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Exactly. I can imagine the response to having such a statement pointed out - "Well, it's true, though!" Which of course is a welcomed retort; we're talking about the social construction of reality[1] after all. Indeed, it is this very process of weaving truths by way of social interactions that is being examined.
1. Berger, P. L., & Luckmann, T. (1991). The social construction of reality. Penguin Books.