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“All common minds are trapped within the world, and within it, themselves.”

World Mind Earth Universe Existence Perspective Ordinary Worldly Earthly Normative

Author:Sov8840

“All of these people are, approximately, repeated copies of a single person. A single entity produced billions of times is occupying every space on Earth.”

Common Society Normal Ordinary Occupation Copying Sameness Same Clone Normative

Author:Sov8840

“...and they absorb the world shaped by these, "constructing" their thoughts, feelings, words, actions, identity, and beliefs accordingly. Which means they will think in the same way, feel the same things, use the same words, do the same actions, have the same identity, and carry the same beliefs as the rest of the society.”

Common Influence Identity Ordinary Unconscious Assimilation Normality Herd Mentality Normative Absorbtion

Author:Sov8840

“...and they absorb the world shaped by these, "constructing" their thoughts, feelings, words, actions, identity, and beliefs accordingly, which means they will think in the same way, feel the same things, use the same words, do the same actions, have the same identity, and carry the same beliefs as the rest of society.”

Common Influence Identity Normal Ordinary Unconscious Assimilation Normality Herd Mentality Normative

Author:Sov8840

“Any judgment born of collective agreement is, by nature, arbitrary, no matter how widely it is accepted.”

Judgment Norm Normality Collective Consciousness Herd Mentality Collective Collectivity Herd Herd Behavior Normative

Author:Sov8840

“It is critical to note that our biases against the other are empowered less by our assumptions of their otherness and more by our assumptions about our own normality.”

Normal Bias Assumptions Normality Otherness Other Heteronormativity Normative Heteronormative

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“Deviant' is the weapon of the normative to discredit and demonize the Other.”

Normal Otherness Deviance Normativity Normative Deviant

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“When you're accustomed to being considered 'normal', difference feels like a perversion.”

Normal Queer Perversion Deviance Heteronormativity Normative Deviant Heteronormative

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“One of the deadliest tools of powerful systems is narrow definitions of what is "normal" and the reduction of difference to deviance.”

Normal Deviance Normativity Normative

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“Once something is no longer illicit, punishable, pathologized, or used as lawful basis for raw discrimination or acts of violence, that phenomenon will no longer be able to represent or deliver on subversion, the subcultural, the underground, the fringe, in the same way”

Perception Shifting Normative Legalization Constant Change

Book:The Argonauts

Source: The Argonauts

“Normal people have nothing to forget, for they never even possess the ability to form memories—because they do not have an inner life to begin with.”

Normal Memory Norm Inner Life Normality Inner World Superficiality Hollowness Normativity Normative

Author:Sov8840

“A lack of concern about the plight of a “breeding” sow on a factory farm is also a result of normative systematic oppression – speciesism.”

Oppression Animal Liberation Intersectionality Factory Farming Speciesism Systemic Oppression Institutional Oppression Normative Animal Rights Veganism

Book:Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice

Source: Sister Species: Women, Animals and Social Justice

“One of the biggest problems with so-called "cancel culture" is not the "cancelling" itself. Instead, it the crisis of imagination that exposes our collective inability to engage the complexities of social issues with nuance. What generally happens is that when there is any significant call for accountability and justice, it is uncritically deemed "cancel culture", pointing to the few extremes as "proof". Without question, ruthless public shaming and ostracization is never ultimately beneficial to all involved. However, that fact is too often forced through a binary lens that fails to address the individual and systemic issues at play, posit restorative/transformative consequences, and require better, more informed accountability. This is further complicated by the tendency of those with social privilege to lean into the rhetoric of "dialogue" and some variety of "bothsidesism" that fails to address underlying systemic imbalances of power and relative impact of social issues, all while policing tone and emotion as though anger and hurt are disqualifying. If there is a tendency for some to lean too strongly into "cancelling"- a legitimate issue that we need to address- it is largely because it is an attempt at correcting the over-emphasis on biased, normative systems that benefit the privileged and perpetuate harm.”

Privilege Censorship Nuance Cancel Culture Normative Cancelled Cancelling

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci

“Some things that are common should never become commonplace- usual, expected, the "norm". Hate crimes, for example, are increasingly common. Never stop being outraged by them.”

Hate Justice Common Normal Racism Injustice Lgbtq Hate Crime Normative

Author:Jamie Arpin-Ricci