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> I like to think of it like weak minded people who love to dish out insults but accuse you of being the most indecent person on the planet if you repeat their
by ythn 9y ago
> I like to think of it like weak minded people who love to dish out insults but accuse you of being the most indecent person on the planet if you repeat their exact words back to them.
Yeah, but you'll always have rationalization on why one side thinks it's okay: "It's okay in my case because I'm intolerant of intolerance" "It's okay in my case because I'm bigoted against bigotry"
- heurist 9y agoToday, the right is stereotyped as tolerant of intolerance and the left is stereotyped as intolerant of intolerance. Both are untrue, but anonymity on the internet makes it seem like one vile person you disagree with is following you around spewing hate. When people are experiencing a rush of adrenaline from an argument, even online, many lose the ability to distinguish the words and actions of individuals from those of groups or to recognize subtlety and shades of gray. Everyone is arguing all the time these days, everyone has an opinion on everything, this huge adrenaline bubble is forming and it's going to pop one way or another...