Righteous Anger, Rationality, and Prejudice

Olivia and Raven discuss the view that emotion and reason are opposites, devaluing personal experiences of people stereotyped as emotional, and the lack of accountability in those who are dismissive based on prejudice.   Email us! [email protected]. Follow us!  Instagram https://www.instagram.com/isquaredpodcast/ Twitter @I_squaredpod https://twitter.com/I_SquaredPod Facebook page http://www.fb.me/ISquaredPod   Discussion Summary: 01:10: Topic intro, misconceptions about emotional expression and rationality, and confusing emotional appeal with pathos. 06:50: The double standard regarding men and women displaying emotion when debating or proving a point, and examples of emotional appeal vs pathos. 12:03: The harm in demonizing and devaluing emotion in discourse, and viewing certain marginalized groups of people as inherently irrational. 19:37: Justified anger, and the struggle marginalized folks have to be taken seriously. 36:26: The wrong way to display emotion in a disagreement, and holding people accountable for being dismissive. 41:27: Outro.