Nominull comments on Learn a foreign language to reduce bias? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nominull 22 April 2012 10:28:27PM 4 points [-]

It sounds like you're not treating foreign language speakers as members of your society, so when they say violent or politically abhorrent things, you don't get worked up about it because they're not plausible threats. They're part of a different community, they're someone else's problem.

Regarding music, I certainly find I can accept mindless bubblegum pop a lot better if it's in Japanese than in my native English. That might be a different phenomenon though.

Comment author: wedrifid 22 April 2012 11:24:20PM 0 points [-]

Regarding music, I certainly find I can accept mindless bubblegum pop a lot better if it's in Japanese than in my native English. That might be a different phenomenon though.

Or simply a different kind of 'threat'.