Sure, but it damn well "appears" that we are. I think this the fundamental issue that the internet causes. Humans are very well tuned to equate occurance/menti

Sure, but it damn well "appears" that we are. I think this the fundamental issue that the internet causes. Humans are very well tuned to equate occurance/mention of a thing with prevelence of that thing, so because the internet amplifies provokative thoughts/comments/ideas and buries concensus/1+s/me toos our colletive sensibilities are being thrown completely out of whack. Add in that there's no feedback mechanism to chastise undesireable opinions (or even actions), as there is in in-person communication, and you have a recipe for the chaos we are seeing.