Tuesday, August 07, 2012

'Social studies lesson'

From Free Republic, a 'Social studies lesson' for American kids.

The FReepers go full-on multicult.

"My humble opinion is that the influx of Indian immigrants is breathing life into the vision of America. These folks exhibit the values that we all hold dear: personal accountability, humility, and achievement. We should do everything in our power to support it. Right, wrong, or indifferent, we aren't doing a great job of fostering it internally on a wide scale, so importing it is a necessity. Entitlement is our cancer" 

Emphasis mine.
Look, I am sorry that people were killed. But this is a bit of an excessive overreaction.
See Allophilia:

"Allophilia is having a positive attitude for a group that is not one's own. The term derived from Greek words meaning "liking or love of the other"

Allophilia has five statistical factors:
  1. kinship,
  2. engagement,
  3. affection,
  4. comfort,
  5. enthusiasm.

Allophilia scale
The Allophilia Scale measures each of these factors.
The typical remedy for prejudice is to bring conflicting groups into a state of tolerance. However, tolerance is not the logical antithesis of prejudice, but rather is the midpoint between negative feelings and positive feelings toward others. Allophilia enhancement should serve as complement to prejudice reduction.
In one study, symhedonia (experiencing empathic joy) has been shown to be more closely associated with allophilia, while sympathy (experiencing empathic sorrow) has been shown to be more strongly associated with prejudice."

For fear of 'prejudice', our folk are risking going to the opposite extreme.