Woozle at 19:32, 1 April 2022

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''posted on [https://nextdoor.com/p/sSMxh2rys3QF Nextdoor]''
=left politics and "purity"=
So there's this psychology professor, {{l/ip|Jonathan Haidt}}, who put forth a theory about a decade ago which holds that there are [[issuepedia:5 pillars of morality|five basic tenets, or "pillars", of morality]] and that the main difference between "conservative" and "liberal" ideologies is that liberals only care about two of them ("care" and "fairness") while conservatives -- being, of course, more broad-minded and well-balanced philosophically -- care about all five:

# Harm/Care
# Fairness/Reciprocity
# Ingroup/Loyalty
# Authority/Respect
# Purity/Sanctity

This has always seemed quite sus to me, but I keep seeing it cited as fact(ish) by people who want to appear liberal-affirming.

I'd like to submit to the court as Exhibit A the following link:

'''2022-03-28''' [https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/600070-about-half-of-us-water-too-polluted-for-swimming/ About half of US water ‘too polluted’ for swimming, fishing or drinking, report finds]

Purity of environmental water has been and continues to be a thing about which the Left has been quite concerned while the Right, as far as I can tell, has not been seen to give measurable quantities of fig about it.

I can only think that Haidt is talking about some more *specific* kind of purity. (...and I don't think I need to spell it out, either, though I'll be happy to elaborate if asked.)

Furthermore, seeing the behavior of the most devoted Rightists on Nextdoor, I think it's also safe to say that their fig-levels when it comes to authority and respect are generally lower than those on the Left.

To wit: yes, we will engage in name-calling when we discuss certain figures on the Right (45 comes to mind), but we're always prepared to defend those positions -- to explain *why* the targets of our derision are fully deserving of said derision, using objective evidence and reason... while folks on the Right will just do the name-calling and other derogation about figures on the Left (Brandon, senility, etc.) without any mitigating justification, often complaining loudly when asked politely to produce it.

And finally: can we pause a moment to acknowledge the level to which 45 has displayed "loyalty" and "respect" to his staff, to the people he hired as a businessman, and even to members of his own family? And yet he's *still* widely loved, even today, by self-identified "conservatives".

Perhaps there are examples of other right-wing pols displaying loyalty and respect, but it's not something I've noticed as being particularly characteristic of them. What *I* see is respect only for *power* -- being respectful to people who can significantly help or hurt you, while throwing everyone else under the bus as needed (which fits in nicely with the whole "reward the strong / punish the weak / might makes right" authoritarian thing).

Am I wrong here? Discuss!

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 I'd like to submit to the court as Exhibit A the following link:
-'''2022-03-28''' [https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/600070-about-half-of-us-water-too-polluted-for-swimming/ About half of US water ‘too polluted’ for swimming, fishing or drinking, report finds]
+'''2022-03-28''' [https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/600070-about-half-of-us-water-too-polluted-for-swimming/ About half of US water ‘too polluted’ for swimming, fishing or drinking, report finds] ([https://mastodon.social/@yogthos/108051672865064751 h/t])
 Purity of environmental water has been and continues to be a thing about which the Left has been quite concerned while the Right, as far as I can tell, has not been seen to give measurable quantities of fig about it.

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Woozle at 19:32, 1 April 2022

Woozle: Created page with "''posted on [https://nextdoor.com/p/sSMxh2rys3QF Nextdoor]'' =left politics and "purity"= So there's this psychology professor, {{l/ip|Jonathan Haidt}}, who put forth a theory..."