Whether or not a thing falls under the domain of "morality" is a function of many arguments--it depends on the thing itself, as well as who, where, and when you are.
Do you really think that historically, people who hated their outgroup had the thought "outgroup is bad because they have slightly different folkways and speak another language" in their heads? It always gets cast as an issue of morality. Always. You identify the outgroup by their folkways and language (we're no different there), but it always get rationalized as some irreconcilable difference in something that's extremely important ("morality").
You are in violent agreement with what I said. I rewrote it several times before posting to make sure that I didn't fall into that trap.
I basically said that the number of things considered acceptable to be moral about has decreased, and that the current set is different between Blues and Reds.
always gets cast as an issue of morality. Always.
That is a laughable overstatement. There are always some people who are happy to hate without any rationalization for it.
You're merely talking about the times that people stop and rationalize it.
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Whether or not a thing falls under the domain of "morality" is a function of many arguments--it depends on the thing itself, as well as who, where, and when you are.
Do you really think that historically, people who hated their outgroup had the thought "outgroup is bad because they have slightly different folkways and speak another language" in their heads? It always gets cast as an issue of morality. Always. You identify the outgroup by their folkways and language (we're no different there), but it always get rationalized as some irreconcilable difference in something that's extremely important ("morality").
You are in violent agreement with what I said. I rewrote it several times before posting to make sure that I didn't fall into that trap.
I basically said that the number of things considered acceptable to be moral about has decreased, and that the current set is different between Blues and Reds.
That is a laughable overstatement. There are always some people who are happy to hate without any rationalization for it.
You're merely talking about the times that people stop and rationalize it.