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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.
(Score: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday September 09 2019, @09:51PM (3 children)
Oh my silly postmodernist, there are absolute truths out there that will one day bite you squarely in the ass if you ignore or deny them.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday September 09 2019, @10:26PM (2 children)
I don't ignore or deny the existence of reality, I'm just sure that you are not able to perceive it as it is, much less to express it in writing.
(as it might be the collateral damage caused to you by the use of Perl in the service of S/N, I get to appreciate your sacrifice; but I can't ignore it - large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 10 2019, @01:34AM (1 child)
There probably is something to be said about my mental state in relation to perl coding. I mean, if you can read most anything written by people who were undoubtedly on lots of drugs and in a language whose unofficial motto is "there's always another way to do it" then you've probably got way too much going on in the way of apprehension to be tolerated by folks who rely on the cartoon ostrich method of dealing with life.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday September 10 2019, @02:12AM
Yes, TMB, I can understand* why you are the way you are. I'm even able to empathize** with you, within reasonable*** limits.
Mind you, the absolute reality of about the above: it simply doesn't mean that I have to accept it anytime, and even less every-time.
(grin)
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* as in the rational type of understanding...
** ... and that's the emotional type of understanding, the "I feel for you" kind
*** reasonable - as in "pertaining to reason"
(large grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford