> What they are saying is that you do not see the full spectrum of norms on social media, so what you are seeing are "false norms" and they are the most extreme

> What they are saying is that you do not see the full spectrum of norms on social media, so what you are seeing are "false norms" and they are the most extreme norms. There is no such thing as "false norms". The relativist framing of social norms is already something that's completely wrong and proven to be the result of projection and attempts to frame minority groups as being wrong just for being different. There are only different communities, each with their own social norms. That's very basic human behavior. > Being against slavery was just one norm out of many, but on social media all you might have seen was pro-slavery norms. No. You might see communities that, being communities, share their norms and core principles. You have cooking communities what develop very strong opinions on how to cook a specific dish. You have sports communities developing strong opinions on what it means to play a sports the right way. You have political communities developing strong opinions on specific political topics. I mean, aren't political parties explicitly communities that develop their particular opinions on political topics in ways that contrast with other political parties? Communities develop their own social norms organically, and the more insulated they are the more striking are the differences. Is this surprising?