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I don't think this is a remotely controversial viewpoint. The vast, vast majority of people (among those who even know who he is) think his murder is an awful a

I don't think this is a remotely controversial viewpoint. The vast, vast majority of people (among those who even know who he is) think his murder is an awful act. But because clicks and outrage rule supreme we end up with screenshots of a couple of dozen nobodies saying controversial things used to paint the "other side" as unhinged and violent. I wish we could all move beyond it but we seem unable.

AnimalMuppet 1y ago
Each side sanewashes themselves by amplifying the other side's most deranged extremists.
- tstrimple 1y ago
  One side seems to keep electing their deranged extremists to represent them.
- johnnyanmac 1y ago
  Is this really "both sides"? Just for this community here, compared the reaction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200 To this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276916 You won't even get the names of the latter on this site if this is how you consume news.
  - AnimalMuppet 1y ago
    You missed my point. I'm not talking about the violence. Charlie Kirk gets killed. There's some number of right-wing zealots who go on X or BlueSky or whatever and say "Kill all the Democrats!" Then the left (all the left, not just the zealots) points to that and says "See, they're completely insane!". But it's not all the right, it's some number of unhinged plus some number of trolls. Same thing happens with the left. AOC says something or Mandami says something, and the right (not just the complete nut jobs) say "look, they're completely insane!" Both sides use the statements of the extreme of the other side to paint the entirety of the other side as complete wackos.
    - silverquiet 1y ago
      I've seen it referred to as nut picking, and certainly it's something that both sides are prone to. I'd say the difference is that one side has chosen to elect an obvious malignant narcissist to represent them who literally declared war on Chicago over the weekend and regularly vilifies entire groups of Americans.
    - krapp 1y ago
      [flagged]
      - iszomer 1y ago
        Or maybe we can acknowledge that we are all potentially being played. - Chase Hughes, former US Navy behavioral analyst -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azE7nqqQMmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azE7nqqQMmo

AnimalMuppet 1y ago

Each side sanewashes themselves by amplifying the other side's most deranged extremists.

tstrimple 1y ago
One side seems to keep electing their deranged extremists to represent them.
johnnyanmac 1y ago
Is this really "both sides"? Just for this community here, compared the reaction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202200 To this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44276916 You won't even get the names of the latter on this site if this is how you consume news.
- AnimalMuppet 1y ago
  You missed my point. I'm not talking about the violence. Charlie Kirk gets killed. There's some number of right-wing zealots who go on X or BlueSky or whatever and say "Kill all the Democrats!" Then the left (all the left, not just the zealots) points to that and says "See, they're completely insane!". But it's not all the right, it's some number of unhinged plus some number of trolls. Same thing happens with the left. AOC says something or Mandami says something, and the right (not just the complete nut jobs) say "look, they're completely insane!" Both sides use the statements of the extreme of the other side to paint the entirety of the other side as complete wackos.
  - silverquiet 1y ago
    I've seen it referred to as nut picking, and certainly it's something that both sides are prone to. I'd say the difference is that one side has chosen to elect an obvious malignant narcissist to represent them who literally declared war on Chicago over the weekend and regularly vilifies entire groups of Americans.
  - krapp 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - iszomer 1y ago
      Or maybe we can acknowledge that we are all potentially being played. - Chase Hughes, former US Navy behavioral analyst -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azE7nqqQMmo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azE7nqqQMmo