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Originally Posted by itshotinvegas
I get what you are saying, but being intolerant of behavior, is not shaming. Wide-spread public shaming did not occur until the internet, and social media.
Nah, widespread pubic shaming is as old as time itself. Think The Scarlett Letter. In fact I would argue, shaming was a more integral part of traditional societies than modern ones.
Anyways, I agree that shaming does not change minds. At the most it buries resentment, and cause people to give preference falsification.
Empathy and bringing people together to share their common humanity is what changes minds.
If shame is going to be your tool, you better make sure you have plenty of moral authority and the force to exert it, because that is what you are going to need to keep resentment suppressed.
Ironically, most of the progressive movements of the last few years to emphasize differences have actually ******ed progress. Progress is still moving inexorably forward (hopefully), but a lot slower than before.
Millenials are probably a lost cause, because they got fed all this toxicity at the wrong time in their development. But signs are the next generation things are going the other way and people will once again appreciate what makes them similar, instead of celebrating their differences.