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So clearly from that list, the proliferation of social media is what has led to the radicalization of the right wing.
by gurumeditations 6y ago
So clearly from that list, the proliferation of social media is what has led to the radicalization of the right wing.
- Jonanin 6y agoClearly? That's quite a big logical leap you took there. I don't think it's clear at all.
- Gabriel_Martin 6y agoSeems pretty clear to me. Breitbart is an official Facebook news partner last time I checked, what have you seen that contradicts what OP said?
- Touche 6y agoCorrelation != Causation
- Gabriel_Martin 6y agoNot a terribly strong argument against why hosting and platforming reactionary rightwing rags can lead to more radicalization. To quote: "Correlation doesn't imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing 'look over there'."
- charlchi 6y agoWhite supremacist propganda and neonazi recruiting is what causes radicalization. Deplatforming those people is a good idea, yes. Unlike what leftwing youtube and a few researchers from liberal universities would like you to believe though, Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, Stefan Molyneux and conservative news sites are not radicalising people. There's no evidence for that.
- Touche 6y agoIt's not an argument against or for anything, it's a simple logical fact. Two things lining up logically doesn't mean there is causation, as there can be other things that also line up that could be an equally valid explanation. Finding causation requires actually looking for it, and doing some statistical studies. Of which I'm betting many do exist!
- stass 6y agoMore like radicalization in general. Left wing got similarly radicalized, if not more so. When everybody lives in their own bubble people get pushed to the extremes :-(
- teunispeters 6y agoThere are no communist activist violent groups, so no not to the same extent. At least none visibly active anywhere reported. That argues that the radicalisation has been predominantly right wing, as there are many active violent fascist groups now, and weren't a few years ago.
- m0zg 6y agoHave you not heard of Antifa somehow? It's a communist activist violent group.
- tarkin2 6y agoJust to clarify, antifa became an issue after trump started quoting a twitter antifa account, which was run by a right wing, white supremacy guy. It is a good example of social media being used to radicalise the right wing, in fact.
- perl4ever 6y agoThat was very recent and people have been talking about antifa for years. Not to suggest it was the first false flag or whatever. But I distinctly remember people ranting about them around the time of the Virginia protests.
- arcseco 6y agoI vaguely remember a story a few years ago about a guy receiving a blow to the head from a bike lock and requiring therapy for potential brain damage from said blow.
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- sugarpile 6y agoIt's likely responsible for radicalization of both sides. I really doubt it's a coincidence pressure for social movements intensified more between 2009-2020 than it has for any time prior.