[patrec]

> There is no flip side to that where fear of something else would counteract that.

This is so obviously untrue that I find it difficult to believe it would take you long to come up with counterexamples yourself if you tried.

[jacquesm]

I'm not seeing any counterexamples in your comment either.

[patrec]

Are you saying you tried to come up with a counterexample but couldn't or are you saying that I shouldn't make this claim without one?

[tylerjwilk00]

You refuted his point but without anything supporting your claim.

What is your counterexample?

[patrec]

People rightly fear being labelled as X-phobic for various values of X because it can easily ruin their careers or lives.

This fear likely constitutes a more effective mechanism for turning large numbers of people away from genocidal hatred of various forms of "otherness" than rewarding positive behavior or making a reasoned case because it scales better. So the claim that fear of otherness can't be counteracted by other fears seems implausible to me.