NationStates Jolt Archive

There's been plenty of discussion about generalising to create enemy groups, but not so much mention of generalising to create "good guy" groups.

What I mean is, people convincing others to join them because they are the same race/class/nationality/religion. This side of generalisation also involves conformism and the suppression of individuality.

That might just be because such generalisation is so ingrained into the human psyche that its overlooked.

http://www.techhelpers.net/e4u/animal/tier11.gif TrashCat sees many NS Generalization(s) lobbed about like squeeky toys:

In General,

Gun Owners, Israelis/Jews, Christians/Conservatives, USians, Libertarians/Capitalists = OMG! Collectively teh ebi1101!! regardless of the % of people involved in making them look bad (so castigating them is OK) BUT

Moslems, Europeans/non USians, Feminists, Liberals, Socialists, Communists, Gays, Atheists, Protestors = Collectively Saintly because (ostensibly) there are only small % of people making them look bad (if even that is admitted). Point out their foibles at your peril!

Or am I missing something? Humans are so confusing. :confused:

I don't find this generalisation bad since its used to bring unity e.g. we are European nations therefore we shall look out for each other and form the E.U

this can bring a feeling of segregation among those not involved which will lead to a certain amount of hatred but it is unavoidable especially if its the business of bringing people together furthermore this is not banned under international law and is the key objective in all modern nationalism (even Irish!)

There's been plenty of discussion about generalising to create enemy groups, but not so much mention of generalising to create "good guy" groups.

What I mean is, people convincing others to join them because they are the same race/class/nationality/religion. This side of generalisation also involves conformism and the suppression of individuality.

Could you be more specific?