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People need to learn that the nuts (of any belief system) are always the loudest, and therefore give a distorted impression of actual consensus. Who are the lo
by api 5y ago
People need to learn that the nuts (of any belief system) are always the loudest, and therefore give a distorted impression of actual consensus.
Who are the loudest people on the left? Mobs and trolls who imagine grievances everywhere, which is sort of the leftist equivalent of conspiracy theory.
Who are the loudest on the right? Qanon, Nazis, and theocrats / dominionists who think we should return to Old Testament law.
- smolder 5y agoThe nuts on either side aren't the loudest by their own virtue. They are amplified by their opponents. "This is the left," say the right wingers, pointing to the easiest-to-criticize, most ill-informed example of a leftist... and vice versa.
- api 5y agoYes that’s another part of the dynamic. The nuts form ready made living straw men to criticize to avoid engaging with more challenging arguments.