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    John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

    One of the things I get tired of on social media is the catastrophizing of everything. It's not enough to say 'This person is acting like a jerk.' There's always someone with 12 followers who will tell you 'This person seeks the end of civilization unless we stop them!'

    4:36 PM - 5 Jun 2019
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      2. John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

        Yes, I'm talking about the Maza/Crowder thing and also about the French/whoever thing. There is just a constant push to polarize and declare everything the worst it could possibly be. People aren't just wrong or dumb, all opposition is in league with evil!1!!

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      3. John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

        That's what works on social media. And if you won't say it, there's literally 15 other people who will correct you for not saying it. I see this on the right and the left all the time, in my feed and others.

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      4. John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

        What you rarely see is someone from the same partisan side saying 'I'm not sure it's that bad.' One of the reasons I follow the people I do is because a lot of them are the people who will say just that and even politely argue with you. But it really irks the catastrophizers.

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      5. John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

        You don't pick up thousands of followers by being the person who says 'Hold on here, let's not get carried away.' You get followers by being the Krassenstein brothers (well, you did).

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      6. John Sexton‏ @verumserum 5 Jun 2019

        Anyway, I get mad on social media sometimes too. Sometimes you really do want to cry Cassandra and that's fine. But if people could just hold off one second before sending another 'It's far worse than that...!' tweets about every damn thing, this place wouldn't suck so bad.

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      2. Mikey In Houston‏ @mikeyinhouston 5 Jun 2019
        Replying to @verumserum

        "You know who else had 12 followers and was accused of seeking the end of civilization ..."

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      3. Laura Haase‏ @lauralynn1955 5 Jun 2019
        Replying to @mikeyinhouston @verumserum

        No, who? I can't think of anyone who fits that description.

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      1. Fooksie  ☕ 🇺🇸 ✒ ✏‏ @Fooksie 5 Jun 2019
        Replying to @verumserum @willcollier

        Sounds like something a ...Hitler would say?pic.twitter.com/BDnBvhGYBS

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