1. Autistic community is healthy precisely because outgroups tend to be aggressive or demeaning (im guilty of group behaviour here and should at least break down the outgroup)
2. UK seems to use the USA as outgroup (sometimes) and also migrants (part of it), but the parties seem to very strongly show these biases (all of them).
3. The independence parties are another example (i support in this case).
As a thread in a Autistic Society Website I am inclined most to focus upon the in-group/out-group perspective of autism. Almost tribal and potentially founded on very significant biologically "hard wired" differences in thinking and behaviour.
Agreed biases are part of what is involved in the separation being aware of these is the start of being able to "make one's own mind up" about something perhaps.
Interesting terminology "independence + party" implying people have to get together to be independent!
Human society "works" and perpetuates (and I use that terms without prejudice...) because of groups (even down to 2 people needed to make another - for now at least!) - to some extent competition between groups increases rate of change in capability of the groups.
Ultimately integration eg grouping and cross grouping provides the capacity for greatest achievement. (hehe but I'm autistic - a tag that comes initially from "autos" meaning self-centred... what would I know about groups! emanningis - that's me using irony! )
As a thread in a Autistic Society Website I am inclined most to focus upon the in-group/out-group perspective of autism. Almost tribal and potentially founded on very significant biologically "hard wired" differences in thinking and behaviour.
Agreed biases are part of what is involved in the separation being aware of these is the start of being able to "make one's own mind up" about something perhaps.
Interesting terminology "independence + party" implying people have to get together to be independent!
Human society "works" and perpetuates (and I use that terms without prejudice...) because of groups (even down to 2 people needed to make another - for now at least!) - to some extent competition between groups increases rate of change in capability of the groups.
Ultimately integration eg grouping and cross grouping provides the capacity for greatest achievement. (hehe but I'm autistic - a tag that comes initially from "autos" meaning self-centred... what would I know about groups! emanningis - that's me using irony! )
