Minimizing historical injustices
[rebelmouse-image 24749880 original_size="230x151" expand=1]One of the most fascinating phenomenon aspects of collective psychology to me is collective willful ignorance. I wrote about this some in terms of Wikileaks and how it disturbs collective unknowing, and I think Ricky Gervais touched on it when talking about atheism as a matter of letting yourself know what you already know. I get why people don't want to know certain things they do know, and why they suppress that knowledge, but that we can do it---and that we can it collectively---is truly fascinating. And that people who speak the truth everyone is ignoring can disturb the ecosystem of collective denial is also fascinating to me, probably in no small part because the vast majority of hostility I've experienced from others has directly stemmed from their being upset with me for saying out loud what we're supposed to collectively ignore.