>How does one tell the difference, and does it even matter? It matters very, very, very much. The more those opinions are presented as if they were the opinion

>How does one tell the difference, and does it even matter? It matters very, very, very much. The more those opinions are presented as if they were the opinions of the majority, the more people who disagree silence themselves to protect themselves from the majority. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_of_silence