Democrats have an absurd, denunciatory idea of what Republicans believe—and vice versa.
Worse, the institutions that are meant to remedy misperceptions, from universities to news outlets, may actually make them worse.
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Fascinating. Thank you so much for doing this research for us. As an objective observer (Canadian) I suspected that Americans are closer to each other idealogically than they think they are. They’re just too full of hate for the other to see it. I think they like fighting, tbh /1
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It’s like they enjoy the tribalism and the community/bonding feeling of being part of a team. As an ex fundamentalist Muslim, I can see the extreme allure and the extreme danger of the us vs them attitude. Anyway, again, thank you so much for all your efforts in clarifying this/2
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