Non-Tribalist Politics Megathread

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All of my commentary will be based on very limited political knowledge from 3/4 years ago. I have done very little, if any at all, research.

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@Neo

@anonymous105

This makes some sense, considering Elon Musk felt comfortable performing multiple nazi salutes in a public setting.

You know how Elon felt?

I know there’s some more discussion afterwards, but you question how @anonymous105 knew what Elon felt seems to contradict a sentiment of yours in a different thread, Small Talk, Low Talk and Social Status :

@Elliot

@Neo

If you’re playing certain team sports, even the more shy guys on the team get some energy from huddles where you jump around and pump yourselves up. And that can be seen as socially obligatory in those cases. There’s knowledge in some of these traditions.

How do you know the shy guys gain energy from huddles? Maybe some of them are masking.

I share the Elliot part because he questioned you on knowing that and you responded with:

@Neo

Just guessing based off body language, more oomph in their voice, more aggression on the court afterwards. They could be really good at masking though

The contradiction, to me, is in questioning @anonymous105 about their knowledge of how Elon felt. It felt, first of all, defensive of Elon (which, I guess, there’s nothing wrong with that) and your reply didn’t seem like it took into account why they might think that.