Existential polarisation. Ppl taking the extreme views of the other side as mainstream views of that side. https://twitter.com/salonium/status/906421632083750913 …
Does the mainstream media support Antifa? The moderates can rationalise the extremists tho.
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WaPo and a number of other outlets did indeed come out with "explanatory" coverage treating it as a non-terrorist organization.
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That's compatible. Rationalising in the most charitable way your own side coz you're so focused on existential threat on the other.pic.twitter.com/TGDo10t2UE
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Or the perception of one, yes. There's that fear that "if I grant credence, it derails from my own fear, so I will derail theirs."
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