Yes, I did want to add this important point to the tweet, but alas, there wasn't room.
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I'm not sure this is true. The sentiments we see online are likely the tip of the iceberg. Also I've met a lot of partisan ideologues in the real world that don't bother w/ social media at all.
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The research suggests that partisan echo chambers are confined to a tiny minority of the public. Here's a good summary: https://medium.com/trust-media-and-democracy/avoiding-the-echo-chamber-about-echo-chambers-6e1f1a1a0f39 …
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I'd argue that in the online world we see a little more than just the fringes of the real world. Being able to say something with relative anonymity without bearing any consequence is a powerful thing, regardless of its veracity.
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I've always suspected most people just get along, then I check my Twitter feed
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Sitch put it really succinctly at one point in his recent BDS video. The extremes that take things too far drive the majority of the R/L shift.
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True. And being open to flexibility - something that is vilified or not valued by the extremes on both sides.pic.twitter.com/6jBdb94pKU
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Though I'm inclined to agree, most strangers/acquaintances don't open up on such topics. I've met leftists at work that blatantly admitted the belief: you are only where you are in your career because you're a white male. Your life is by default, easier than ANY "person of color"
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And media outlets who, through trying to compete with social media, have themselves become increasingly loud and loonie.
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