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Approximately 30% of the United States now lives in a world with a completely alternate set of facts. They discovered the more they shun any information that is

by mike_d 5y ago

Approximately 30% of the United States now lives in a world with a completely alternate set of facts. They discovered the more they shun any information that is inconvenient to their world truth, the more persecuted by the other 70% they become - which of course only reinforces how right they are.

unixhero 5y ago
Thank you for putting this into words.
endisneigh 5y ago
How is this relevant to the article and/or violence? Are the alternate facts you speak of ones to harm others? Sorry it’s just that what you’re saying is pretty vague
- rejectedandsad 5y ago
  The implication is this increase in unruliness is caused by a small but vocal percentage of people refusing to wear masks for stupid reasons on airlines with mask requirements. It’s possible this isn’t the cause, and that the flying public is just significantly unruly now for some other reason that I’m not aware of. I heard the theory that the pandemic broke peoples brains and caused a rise in anti social behavior in multiple contexts but I don’t buy it yet.
  - jjj123 5y ago
    The article says 1900 of the 2500 unruliness complaints over the last year at one airline were due to people not wearing masks.
- slenk 5y ago
  Towards the end of the article they cite masks as one of the contributing factors to the rise in violence. But the airline wants to make it clear that is definitely not the only cause.
- hanniabu 5y ago
  It means it's pretty easy to get into a fight when you're surrounded by idiots and ignorance.
- mike_d 5y ago
  The comment I was replying to specifically asked "What the hell is wrong with people."
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sneak 5y ago
30% of the US is less than 1% of the population of Earth. The problems of idiots being violent are unfortunately much more widespread than that.
tha0xc1 5y ago
The fact that both sides read this and think you're talking about the other side is troubling.

by mike_d 5y ago

unixhero 5y ago

Thank you for putting this into words.

endisneigh 5y ago

How is this relevant to the article and/or violence? Are the alternate facts you speak of ones to harm others? Sorry it’s just that what you’re saying is pretty vague

rejectedandsad 5y ago
The implication is this increase in unruliness is caused by a small but vocal percentage of people refusing to wear masks for stupid reasons on airlines with mask requirements. It’s possible this isn’t the cause, and that the flying public is just significantly unruly now for some other reason that I’m not aware of. I heard the theory that the pandemic broke peoples brains and caused a rise in anti social behavior in multiple contexts but I don’t buy it yet.
- jjj123 5y ago
  The article says 1900 of the 2500 unruliness complaints over the last year at one airline were due to people not wearing masks.
slenk 5y ago
Towards the end of the article they cite masks as one of the contributing factors to the rise in violence. But the airline wants to make it clear that is definitely not the only cause.
hanniabu 5y ago
It means it's pretty easy to get into a fight when you're surrounded by idiots and ignorance.
mike_d 5y ago
The comment I was replying to specifically asked "What the hell is wrong with people."

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sneak 5y ago

30% of the US is less than 1% of the population of Earth. The problems of idiots being violent are unfortunately much more widespread than that.

tha0xc1 5y ago

The fact that both sides read this and think you're talking about the other side is troubling.