Hate speech can both escalate and discharge hostility toward outgroups

Evidence

Allport seemed to recognize a paradox in the use of antilocutions: On the one hand, the use of antilocutions may promote subsequent hostile prejudice. On the other hand, the use of antilocutions may serve as a “safety valve” which prevents subsequent hostile prejudice. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1264 (#expands, via linked claim)

Allport also considered two other aspects of antilocutions – their potential effects on the perpetrator and how others could intervene. Regarding the former issue, the propositions that antilocutions precipitate subsequent hostile prejudice, exclusion, and violence towards the target outgroup suggest that they facilitate further expressions of antipathy. However, Allport also considered the possible cathartic role of the use of antilocutions. He explained that the explosion of feeling that occurs during an act of antilocution “has a quasi-curative effect. It temporarily relieves the tension and may prepare the individual for a change of attitude” (1954/1979, p. 460). Thus, Allport seemed to recognize a paradox in the use of antilocutions: On the one hand, the use of antilocutions may promote subsequent hostile prejudice. On the other hand, the use of antilocutions may serve as a “safety valve” which prevents subsequent hostile prejudice. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1264 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The genocide grew from decades of escalating hate-speech argumentation, not sudden eruption. — Erin K. Jenne and Promise Frank Ejiofor, Ethnopopulism and genocidal…, 51; Extremist groups deliberately restrict information and reinforce outgroup hatred to build commitment — Ryan Andrew Brown, Todd C. Helmus, Rajeev Ramchand, Alina I. Palimaru, Sarah Weilant, Ashley L. Rhoades, and Liisa Hiatt (RAND Corporation), Violent Extremism in America:…, 61; Hate speech both escalates prejudice and can cathartically release it — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1264 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Hate speech both escalates prejudice and can cathartically release it #expands (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1264
• Expressing prejudiced speech can both escalate and cathartically release hostility #expands (0.95) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1264