RE: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

I don't think Randi would be interested in a female child, so you're off the hook there.

Re: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

>From Leak: > this should be on B guys. Agreed. My apologies. Got carried away with my own pontifications. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:16 AM, OrionWorks wrote: >> From Lawrence de Bivort: >> >>> Some 'substitutes' fo

Re: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

this should be on B guys. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 10:16 AM, OrionWorks wrote: > From Lawrence de Bivort: > >> Some 'substitutes' for racial bigotries come readily to >> mind: anti-Muslim (from evangelical Christians and current >> American society); anti-Semitism (eg from the Nazis); >> anti-Palest

RE: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Lawrence de Bivort wrote: > The need to assert individual or group superiority, I would guess, is based > on an actual sense of inferiority, and if an individual or a group doesn't > have objective reasons to feel good about themselves the only alternative is > to assert the inf

Re: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

I suggest a normal person always feels inferior in some way - to the extent that this can be used as one criteria of normal. Therefore, this cannot be the source of the disfunction we are discussing. Abnormal people having excessive superiority do not show that they feel inferior even tho

RE: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

Lawrence de Bivort wrote: The need to assert individual or group superiority, I would guess, is based on an actual sense of inferiority, and if an individual or a group doesn't have objective reasons to feel good about themselves the only alternative is to assert the inferiority of others

Re: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

>From Lawrence de Bivort: > Some 'substitutes' for racial bigotries come readily to > mind: anti-Muslim (from evangelical Christians and current > American society); anti-Semitism (eg from the Nazis); > anti-Palestinians (from Israelis). Perhaps anti-Liberals? I have a perfect example of anti-Mul

RE: [Vo]:Shanahan goes off the deep end! -- The psychology of bigotry

Interesting hypothesis. Some 'substitutes' for racial bigotries come readily to mind: anti-Muslim (from evangelical Christians and current American society); anti-Semitism (eg from the Nazis); anti-Palestinians (from Israelis). Perhaps anti-Liberals? The need to assert individual or group superio