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>Instead of seeking out people that disagree with us, we're isolating ourselves both digitally and physically within our little tribes. I completely agree that
by cerebellum42 10y ago
>Instead of seeking out people that disagree with us, we're isolating ourselves both digitally and physically within our little tribes.
I completely agree that this is a huge issue, but many Trump supporters seem to fall right into this behavior as well, basically going "if it's not on Breitbart, it can't be true!". In fact, his whole campaign was engineered to convince people that everyone else is lying while only he tells it how it is (while framing his arguments with blatant lies left and right)
- fixxer 10y agoYour perception of Trump supporters is based on those you know personally? Where are you located? If not, then have you considered that your perception might be influenced by mass media and your own echo chamber? I live in Chicago and worked for the Progressives, so I feel pretty good about my lens. I also don't read any of that alt right garbage. Edit: I would argue that the tribalism and unwillingness to listen is represented by small, but noisy, factions on both sides and that by and large people voted according to rational concerns. If we can purge those extremes from both our respective parties, we'd be better off and much happier.