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Horseshoe Theory
- paulpauper 3y agoI am surprised there is actually a Wiki about this. Looking forward to one about the midwit bell curve meme.
- u32480932048 3y agoCan't wait for the definitive "List of Things That 'Aren't A Thing'"
- dwd 3y agoOnce something starts to get talked about more widely then it probably deserves a mention, even if it is a gross simplification and really not useful except for describing a very prescribed narrative.
- karmakaze 3y agoSounds like how hipsters can appear similar while aiming to be being different within their circles.
- Suppafly 3y agoI see this mentioned all the time, but it doesn't really seem accurate to any situation where people have tried to convince me that it is.
- MontgomeryPy 3y agoI think I saw this during Covid where some of my far left and far right acquaintances united in their mutual anti-vax support. And not just me as there are quite a few articles outlining where right QAnon and the left Yoga community came together to reject mainstream consensus. So both ends of the horseshoe touched on this issue and were far from the center. Ref https://www.wired.co.uk/article/yoga-disinformation-qanon-conspiracy-wellness https://www.wired.co.uk/article/yoga-disinformation-qanon-co...
- Suppafly 3y agoantivax is the only area where they seem similar and only superficially, I can't think of a single other instance. using one stance to pretend that two diametrically opposed sides are the same thing seems particularly ignorant to me.