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Fatal Afflictions 0

At Psychology Today Blogs, Stanton Peele argues that addiction and Islamaphobia (and other manifestations of ethnic, religious, and racial hatred) satisfy similar emotional drives. Here’s bit:

. . . relying on drugs for existential pain relief and hating “other” social and religious groups serve the same essential identity functions for critical masses of white voters in the U.S. and worldwide among those seeking to protect their own, previously privileged, now under attack, white male identities.

It’s a short piece, but heavily annotated with links supporting his position. It is worth your while.

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