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.
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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.