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posted by martyb on Monday September 09 2019, @02:59AM   Printer-friendly
from the *my*-PC-runs-Linux dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refers to immigrant detention centers as "concentration camps," or President Trump calls immigrants "illegals," they may take some heat for being politically incorrect. But using politically incorrect speech brings some benefits: It's a powerful way to appear authentic.

Researchers at Berkeley Haas [School of Business] found that replacing even a single politically correct word or phrase with a politically incorrect one—"illegal" versus "undocumented" immigrants, for example—makes people view a speaker as more authentic and less likely to be swayed by others.

"The cost of political incorrectness is that the speaker seems less warm, but they also appear less strategic and more 'real,'" says Asst. Prof. Juliana Schroeder, co-author of the paper, which includes nine experiments with almost 5,000 people and is forthcoming in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. "The result may be that people may feel less hesitant in following politically incorrect leaders because they appear more committed to their beliefs."

Although politically correct speech is more often defended by liberals and derided by conservatives, the researchers also found there's nothing inherently partisan about the concept. In fact, conservatives are just as likely to be offended by politically incorrect speech when it's used to describe groups they care about, such as evangelicals or poor whites.

"Political incorrectness is frequently applied toward groups that liberals tend to feel more sympathy towards, such as immigrants or LGBTQ individuals, so liberals tend to view it negatively and conservatives tend to think it's authentic," says Berkeley Haas Ph.D. candidate Michael Rosenblum, the lead author of the paper (the third co-author is Francesca Gino of Harvard Business School). "But we found that the opposite can be true when such language is applied to groups that conservatives feel sympathy for—like using words such as 'bible thumper' or 'redneck'."

[...]Although President Trump's wildly politically incorrect statements seem to make him more popular in certain circles, copycat politicians should take heed. The researchers found that politically incorrect statements make a person appear significantly colder, and because they appear more convinced of their beliefs, they may also appear less willing to engage in crucial political dialogue.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday September 09 2019, @10:22AM (6 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday September 09 2019, @10:22AM (#891614) Homepage Journal

    Sure you can, you just can't win.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 10 2019, @12:54AM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 10 2019, @12:54AM (#891965) Journal

    Unless the Chickasaw you are arguing is a woman, there's no point to argue with in the first place (their heredity rights are matrilineal).

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    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:30AM (3 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:30AM (#891989) Homepage Journal

      You can't win an argument with any woman though, so that's redundant.

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      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:00AM (2 children)

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:00AM (#892002) Journal

        You can't win an argument with any woman though

        True.

        ... so that's redundant.

        Far from it.
        The conclusion is: it's pointless to argue with TMB.
        1. Would he be a woman, it is pointless to argue because you aren't gonna ever be winning an argument with a women.
        2. Since TMB is a Chickasaw man, it is pointless to argue with him again, because in Chickasaw culture - bottom line - only the women have the power.

        PS: you should realize by now I'm not arguing with you (why! this would be absolutely pointless!), just informing you about the absolute reality [soylentnews.org] of your culture [soylentnews.org] (large grin)

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        • (Score: 4, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:16AM (1 child)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:16AM (#892011) Homepage Journal

          My culture's what I say it is, same as everyone else's. I ain't putting on a loincloth and dancing around with feathers on just cause you palefaces think I oughta cause we did many long times ago. I might, mind you, but I'd be doing it for a laugh rather than taking myself seriously.

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          • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:27AM

            by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:27AM (#892018) Journal

            I might, mind you, but I'd be doing it for a laugh rather than taking myself seriously.

            I'm glad you didn't lose the ability to not take it yourself seriously.
            Now, if you just could exercise it more (like... all the time, in fact)... you'd be no different in this regards from any of us, the Soylenters. (large grin)

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  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday September 10 2019, @05:35AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Tuesday September 10 2019, @05:35AM (#892086) Homepage

    Initially misread that as "TMB is a chainsaw". Didn't change the meaning one whit. :D

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