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Replying to @ForbinP
I've spent a lot of time on MAGA forums, reading. I also have some friends who support Trump, and have been picking their brains.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Thanks. A fair response, and I've seen similar tendencies.. still, I think "most" might be an over-claim.
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Replying to @ForbinP @G_S_Bhogal
..much of his "support" is surely just partisan loyalty. I'm not convinced that "exposing PC" is a strong driver here, beyond a small core.
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Replying to @ForbinP
I think it's a huge driver. The entire alt-right is one giant backlash against PC. Partisan politics obviously is huge too, but partisanship itself can be driven by frustrations about PC.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
I think we over-estimate role of "alt-right". Numerically small. National polls (etc.) surely a better guide than what we see online...
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Replying to @ForbinP
National polls cannot measure the alt-right's role, because: 1) Most people do not self-describe as alt-right 2) Polls never ask people if they are alt-right 3) Polls do not take into account the *influence* of alt-right activists on sites like 4chan.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal
Gotta watch out for our own tendencies towards an over-simplified "narrative" too though, and seeing what we want to see (/fear).
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Replying to @ForbinP
Absolutely. But Twitter lacks the capacity for such nuance, which is why the point of tweets must be to make simple arguments that inspire thought, rather than exhaustive explications that accurately approximate the complexities of reality.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @ForbinP
As long as you see it. But the over simplification damages the assessment. & Promotes the shallowest groupthink aspects not Enlightenment.
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True. But that's Twitter's fault, not mine.
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