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Mostly true. I remember the Bush years well. I agree the instantaneous feedback of social media was in its infancy or non-existent so there was a modicum of civ
by kickout 5y ago
Mostly true. I remember the Bush years well. I agree the instantaneous feedback of social media was in its infancy or non-existent so there was a modicum of civility to people's arguments/disagreements. The talk radio pundits and cable tv people were probably 1 or 2 level shy of 'extreme' whereas we're 1 or 2 levels _over_ extreme these day--on both sides. I could be misremembering though.
- Apocryphon 5y agoI remember flipping between Free Republic/Pajamas Media and Democratic Underground/DailyKos and just seeing two irrevocably irreconcilable echo chambers. But those forums and blogs were populated by smaller numbers of diehards. Now we’re all in our own echo chambers, it would seem.