Posted by Lou Pilder on December 29, 2007, at 8:40:08
In reply to Lou's rsponse to Jamal's post-malcus, posted by Lou Pilder on December 29, 2007, at 8:01:16
> > > Can anyone explain the difference?
> >
> > Well, Sigismund, it is actually very simple. If I say something like "SSRIs cause apathy" then that is a generalization. On the other hand, if I say something like "anti-psychotics cause weight gain" then that is an over-generalization.
> >
> > See, it makes perfect sense!
>
> Friends,
> It is written here,[...if I say...]
> Here is a post where the member uses {more often than not}. It is in the sentance using,[...prescribed wrong drug...] as you can see in the offered link here.
> As to determining what is or is not exaggerating, I ask:
> A. would a reasonable person that reads {prescribed wrong drug...} think that that is an overgenerization?
> B. If so, what could be the potential consequences to a reader here on a mental-health site as to if they are swayed one way or the other to take a prescribed psychotropic drug?
> C. How does that statement compare with the statement by Phillipa?
> Lou
> here is the link to the post;
> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20010315/msgs/838.htmlFriends,
In appraising what could or could not be an exaggereation, in particular in a mental health community, one could examine;
A. Who are the people that the statement could cause a reader to do and what could those people do after reading the statement?
B. To what degree of harm, could the generalizatiion, if it is a generization, cause?
Let us look at an historical parallel.
In Hitler's fantasy, generalization resulted in mass-murder by the use of scapegoating and propaganda directed toward groups to arrouse ill-will against those groups. The historical record of Geobbles and Stryker are filled with exaggerations and overgeneralizations. You can email me for those if you like.
Here in this forum, I could email you, if you like, statements posted here that have the potential to arrouse antisemitic feelings, that are left to stand here. I could also show you the harm that those statements could cause.
But what is the harm to anyone here concerning Phillipa's use of {more often than not}? Will groups of people be persecuted from her posting here her figurative ideas about a blood-pressure cuff?
Lou
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