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Old 02-21-2018, 02:45 PM   #38
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Default Re: How much does Xenophilia overrides self-preservation instincts?

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
I don't quite think so. It's merely assuming that other people are people, not cardboard cut outs of uniform thought and behavior. I will say that it's all to instinctive for humans to categorize others in such simplistic terms.

It's like how jarring it can be to see horrible Nazis acting kindly to kittens. Or when learning that many heroes are horrible in some ways.

I don't see xenophilia as being all that related to morality or rational/irrational expectations. I mainly see it as a failure to put everyone into an us vs. them mentality that is VERY instinctive for most social animals.
"They" are foreign but not alien with all the suspicion that term generally entails.
Again, if it's not profoundly irrational and extremely dangerous in many settings, it's probably Broad-Minded, not full-blown Xenophilia.
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