3 ms·
That doesn't help the situation: people who already have extremist opinions would then simply filter-out the mainstream and/or opposition content and be content
by DaiPlusPlus 7y ago
That doesn't help the situation: people who already have extremist opinions would then simply filter-out the mainstream and/or opposition content and be content with their own echo-chamber, which would only further their extremism and end with nasty results.
> Sometimes it's useful to know what people outside my Overton Window are talking about.
People don't have a personal Overton window: The Overton window describe's society's range of acceptable opinions.
And I guarantee that the vast majority of extremists - or even people already on the fringes - are not interested in reading or hearing about the opposition.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- ratsmack 7y ago>... extremist opinions ... Who determines what is an "extremist opinion"?
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoThat's (tautologically, I admit) defined implicitly by my answer. I define it (for the purposes of this conversation) as an opinion that its holders buy into so much that they outright refuse to acknowledge anything in opposition. After-all, if you believe you've bought-in to "the truth" (and lack critical-thinking skills, and/or have been propagandized to this point anyway) then it has to be an extreme position (by whatever the standards of the contemporary Overton window apply) because otherwise it wouldn't be necessary to propagandize or rile similarly-minded people against your opposition.
- downerending 7y agoIf "the situation" means people thinking whatever they like, then no, this doesn't "help". Personally I'm against telling people what to think, and in any case, I'm convinced that this is a wholly ineffective approach to changing hearts and minds.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]