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Wow. That’s a huge chasm you’ve shoveled to define polarization, “people committed to killing you”, there are definitely extreme whackos out there but do you r
by dvtrn 7y ago
Wow.
That’s a huge chasm you’ve shoveled to define polarization, “people committed to killing you”, there are definitely extreme whackos out there but do you really think they’re that representative of the whole or is there maybe a more nuanced way of defining the polarization effects of social media?
- anigbrowl 7y agoThe GP was specifically talking about extremists.
- pjc50 7y agoIf we step it back a bit to "committed to policies which cause avoidable death", or "protection of those who have caused death by negligence", or "mistreatment of others in a context which is known to trigger suicide", then ... yes, that's all mainstream policy. One example of this was https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/katie-hopkins-when-is-enough-enough-10186490.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/katie-hopkins-when-is-e... ; now, is Katie Hopkins "an extreme whacko" for overtly demanding the murder of refugees, or is she "just saying what everyone is thinking" among Sun and LBC audiences?