Student describes what it's like to be gender critical in Irish secondary school

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[–]ClassroomPast6178 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I suspect that that is what we are seeing with groups like Extinction Rebellion/Just Stop Oil who are behaving as if in the throws of religious mania - unable to be debated with, assured of their righteousness and the correctness of their beliefs. I think we will see eco-terrorist atrocities before long because of it.

[–]Wanderingthehalls 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I have been told, and I have nothing to back this up - so feel free to call bullshit, that neurological studies have been done the show religiosity, activism and very loyal following of a sports team all activate similar brain patterns. It really would have been great if we could have settled on following sports instead of irrational activism.

If only we could make the Irish football team kind of good again like they were under Jack Charlton in the 90s. Being good at rugby and women's boxing isn't cutting it. And GAA just doesn't have a loyal enough following in the cities.

[–]ClassroomPast6178 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I remember supporting Ireland at WC 1994 because England failed to qualify.

You might be right about sports teams, activism and religiosity. It’s definitely something worth bearing in mind when looking for reasons for these behaviours. I’m part way reading an article about a study looking at left-wing authoritarianism, dark triad personality traits and activists, and seems to suggest that a lot of the most vocal activists (the black bloc types) may actually be cause-agnostic and be in it for the thrill of violence etc.