[Opinion] Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles

Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles

Differences of opinion within your group signal for you to be tolerant around that issue. OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via Getty ImagesTo live together in social communities, people create and maintain expectations about what is normal and what is not. Sometimes things can fall outside the range of normal and people are OK with it. You might have a neighbor who likes to wear Revolutionary War-era costumes on their evening walks around the neighborh…

Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles

by Jen Cole Wright, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] To live together in social communities, people create and maintain expectations about what is normal and what is not. Sometimes things can fall outside the range of normal and people are OK with it. You might have a neighbor who likes to wear Revolutionary War-era costumes on their evening walks around the neighborhood. Their…

Perceived consensus drives moral intolerance in a time of identity-driven politics and online bubbles - Tech and Science Post

To live together in social communities, people create and maintain expectations about what is normal and what is not. Sometimes things can fall outside the range of normal and people are OK with it. You might have a neighbor who likes to wear Revolutionary War-era costumes on their evening walks around the neighborhood. Their behavior seems weird to you, but you consider it an instance of everyone’s freedom to express themselves. But other times…