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Have you noticed an increase in political fighting?

I travel a lot, and talk to a lot of different people. I’ve noticed that while people certainly do have differing opinions, it’s not as extreme as what I see online. I’m starting to feel like all this hate and division is manufactured. Has anyone else noticed, that when you actually talk to real people things are far less divided than various media would have you believe?

frightful_hobgoblin ,

Nah not really. It was very bomby and gunny in the 20th century, now it seems mostly chill.

sylver_dragon ,

It’s important to get offline and go touch grass from time to time. If you are getting your view of the world through FaceBook or Twitter, you’re getting a very warped view of the world. People are pretty horrible online. This was well recognized 20 years ago:
https://assets.penny-arcade.com/comics/20040319-umO0zG4o.jpg

bloop ,
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@Thespiralsong @asklemmy look up "normal distribution" for details but.
The normal distribution of any opinion will naturally show that the largest number are BETWEEN extremes. As in, in the middle. So for the majority of people and the majority of issues people will find that half of their concerns are addressed by one party and the other half by the other party.
The most extreme views are just yelled the loudest.

JohnDClay ,

But echo chambers and polarization can increase the standard deviation, bringing down the opinions in the middle. Now may topics might even be a bimodal distribution rather than a normal distribution.

Vanth ,
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I’m currently on family vacation for a week. If someone were to bring up Trump or Israel or reproductive rights, there would be arguments and probably some hurt feelings. So no one is mentioning them. It’s not that none of us hold strong opinions, it’s that we’re not making politics the focus of every moment and every interaction when our goal is to spend some time as a family.

Just like if I were to meet a random person like you in the real world, Trump would not be my go-to casual conversation topic.

Here online, I’m generally intentionally looking for political topics.

j4k3 ,
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Yeah, there are a lot of convenient idiots and psyops that make no sense. I block all and highly recommend doing the same.

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