> I really hate this idea of "far-right talking points" and "far-left talking points". You might hate the idea, but it's actually an excellent characterisation

> I really hate this idea of "far-right talking points" and "far-left talking points". You might hate the idea, but it's actually an excellent characterisation of how ideas spread in a polarised environment. If you ever try engaging with both extremes over a long period of time eventually you'll notice that both of them repeat the same narrow set of ideas and sound bites over and over again. It's like these people train themselves in having arguments by repeating the arguments they read about. If you spend enough time with these people you can play a game with yourself, which is to try and map out the set of existing arguments and try and predict if you say X what will the person respond.