Quote: (06-16-2015 11:47 PM)Basil Ransom Wrote:
I've googled it but have not found, a documented psychological effect by where when you isolate people who think alike, the discourse becomes progressively more radical.
The term you're looking for is the "Evaporative Cooling Effect"; if you have a cup of liquid at any given temperature, certain particles will have a higher temperature at random moments; these ones will be able to 'bounce' over the rim of the cup, taking more than the average amount of energy-per-particle with them. With any group, the moderates will tend to evaporate away, while the more seriously committed stay, and come up with explanations for why the moderates weren't True Scotsman.
This is why I largely try and avoid internet drama.
On minding our Ps and Qs
If we were talking about serial killers, instead of this one-shot moron, we could discuss:
>The role of single motherhood
>Drug abuse from an early age
>Abandonment by schools/institutions
>The effects of early sexual interference
Et cetera; I don't think the onus is upon us to say "Well, I certainly don't approve of serial killing, but-" The Liberal Nancies will accuse us of defending spree killers, no matter how carefully we word our posts; the fact that they're posting about this thread so quickly demonstrates their familiarity with this forum, and yet they still refer to RooshV as an MRA site.
What I'm saying is, when your photo is published by a yellow journalistic rag, bleaching your shirt isn't going to make it anymore white. Nobody of sound mind would have interpreted any of these comments as defending a murderer; but to try and understand why murder happens, you have to empathize with them to some degree.