Dis Coarse Discourse 0
At the Psychology Today website, T. Alexander Puutio explores how partisanship (he uses the term “politics,” but partisanship would be more accurate term) debases dis coarse discourse. He makes four main points (emphasis added):
- Politics hijacks identity, making us protect group belonging over truth or accuracy.
- Partisan cheerleading leads us to knowingly defend false claims to signal loyalty.
- Motivated reasoning lets us justify beliefs first, then construct logic afterward.
- Better thinking starts with distance, deeper reading, and seeking opposing views.
Methinks his piece a timely read, as we are seeing what he describes happening even as I type this.
