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We have the same problem with the extreme left and right in the US although I am more annoyed with the MAGA supporters out there.
by msie 7y ago
We have the same problem with the extreme left and right in the US although I am more annoyed with the MAGA supporters out there.
- avs733 7y agoFalse dichotomy is functionally the same as what is being described here. The larger problem is generations of people who have been socialized and brought up to accept lies told by people with power and positional authority. At that level it is country/culturally independent and manifests in what the content and scale of the lies are.
- aidenn0 7y agoThis is what annoys me most with the political system today. If you are opposed to open borders then the left calls you racist. If you talk about anthropogenic global warming, the right accuses you of spreading fake news. Everything has become so partisan, nobody wants to cede even a millimeter of ground to the other side, so taking the most extreme position has become the norm in debate. It is strategic, (if you want to prevent government regulation on global warming, spending years debating on whether or not it even exists rather than on what the solutions will be is rather effective), but very disingenuous.
- shkkmo 7y agoPartisanship in this country is a huge problem. It also has been deliberately encouraged by our leaders. In a number of measures, the effects of partisan bias are much stronger than the effects of racial bias. [0] [0] https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/october/dems-gop-polarized-10-08-14.html https://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/october/dems-gop-polariz...