{"id":7974,"date":"2026-05-22T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7974"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T01:58:10","slug":"tgfi-volume-556-therapeutic-misadventures-tolerant-protestants-and-a-dweebocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2026\/05\/22\/tgfi-volume-556-therapeutic-misadventures-tolerant-protestants-and-a-dweebocracy","title":{"rendered":"TGFI, Volume 556: therapeutic misadventures, tolerant Protestants, and a dweebocracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Is Ther\u00ada\u00adpy Tear\u00ading Us Apart?<\/a> (Jonathan Alpert, The Free Press): \u201cToo many ther\u00ada\u00adpists now func\u00adtion less as clin\u00adi\u00adcians than as rein\u00adforcers of the most self-pro\u00adtec\u00adtive inter\u00adpre\u00adta\u00adtion avail\u00adable, teach\u00ading patients to locate the prob\u00adlem every\u00adwhere but them\u00adselves.\u2026 The patient doesn\u2019t gain greater agency, but instead, a more pol\u00adished sto\u00adry about why some\u00adone else is to blame. If you feel injured, the injury must be real. If you feel unsafe, the threat must be there. If a rela\u00adtion\u00adship cre\u00adates dis\u00adcom\u00adfort, the rela\u00adtion\u00adship itself becomes the prob\u00adlem.\u2026 This is how ther\u00ada\u00adpy can qui\u00adet\u00adly become an engine that keeps peo\u00adple stuck. Patients leave not more capa\u00adble of tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading frus\u00adtra\u00adtion, ambi\u00adgu\u00adi\u00adty, or ordi\u00adnary dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment, but less. They become more flu\u00adent in explain\u00ading why<\/em> they feel the way they do while becom\u00ading less prac\u00adticed at chang\u00ading what they do next.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Which reli\u00adgions are the least tol\u00ader\u00adant of cam\u00adpus speak\u00aders?<\/a> (Chapin Lenthall-Cleary, FIRE): \u201cWhen it comes to near\u00adly every ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy or gen\u00adder, Protes\u00adtants are sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly more tol\u00ader\u00adant than their non-Protes\u00adtant coun\u00adter\u00adparts, and not only that, they\u2019re usu\u00adal\u00adly more tol\u00ader\u00adant of both sides<\/em>. So the Protes\u00adtant effect isn\u2019t (pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly) a result of gen\u00adder or ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy. For some rea\u00adson, Protes\u00adtants are just unusu\u00adal\u00adly tol\u00ader\u00adant of con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial speak\u00aders.\u201d \u2014 This is super inter\u00adest\u00ading! (rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Actu\u00adal\u00adly, Democ\u00adra\u00adcy Dies in H.R.<\/a> (Aman\u00adda Taub, New York Times): \u201cThe incen\u00adtives for elites to stay loy\u00adal [to dic\u00adta\u00adtors] have been stud\u00adied exten\u00adsive\u00adly, but the rank and file have remained some\u00adthing of a black box.\u2026 It turns out that the kinds of career pres\u00adsures famil\u00adiar to employ\u00adees every\u00adwhere \u2014 the desire to revive a stalled career or obtain a minor pro\u00admo\u00adtion \u2014 can be enough to incen\u00adtivize low\u00ader- and midlev\u00adel offi\u00adcials to vio\u00adlate pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal oblig\u00ada\u00adtions, fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal norms and even basic moral\u00adi\u00adty. The peo\u00adple who make those deci\u00adsions, the research sug\u00adgests, are nei\u00adther extrem\u00adists nor vic\u00adtims. They are often just mid\u00addling work\u00aders look\u00ading for a way to get ahead.\u201d\n