The topics were picked because they were *already known* as hugely polarising. Hardly news that climate change is a divisive issue online.
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Replying to @jamesrbuk
The chart literally has this in the caption who do you think is misreading it?
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Replying to @ameliargh
The original poster (read his thread) and pretty much everyone else sharing it tbh
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Replying to @jamesrbuk
His thread stands. Why would a study look at the sharing of uncontroversial ideas? Who cares if the left retweet the right's
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Replying to @ameliargh
The study stands, his thread is nonsense: he has taken a study looking at topics we know are polarised (that's why the study chose them)…
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Replying to @jamesrbuk @ameliargh
I think you're misconstruing what I said, which is simply that there is little middle-ground on extremely important topics.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @ameliargh
"the left and right are generally isolated from each other", which may or may not be true but certainly isn't what that data shows
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Replying to @jamesrbuk @ameliargh
*They are isolated from each other on the topics studied.* But I only have 140 characters, I can't point out every little nuance.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @ameliargh
I suspect we're going to have to agree to disagree here, but I really don't think you helped inform the debate with that thread, I'm afraid.
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Okay bro, your dick's bigger. Now can you leave me alone.
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