Well, yes. Evaluating people's motives, sincerity etc often has an affect on how they're perceived by people who care about these things.
Outrage-farmers are produced by the increasing tendency to outrage. The increased tendency to outrage is produced by a shift in ideology &
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changing perceptions of harm,inclusiveness, tolerance, diversity & the notion of speech as constructing realities &being therefore dangerous
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These ideas are being promulgated by universities & by left-wing activists. They are both creating the trolls & feeding them.
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This sets off a feedback loop on both sides with reasonable rightists & leftists getting sucked in & responding in ways which perpetuate it
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Therefore, it is useful to discuss the whole phenomena & talk about ways to counter the underlying ideas & also to de-escalate the situation
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Rather than just pointing out individual arguments are incorrect & why. Understand why being made in 1st place & how to deny them oxygen
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Sorry, that was a long thread. I do this and I know its annoying.
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