Can we have less use of the words "left" and "right" here, please?

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[–]useless_aether 6 insightful - 4 fun6 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

radicals vs conservatives is more to the point imo.

[–]FormosaOolong 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

so anyone who is not conservatie is radical?! cmon man!

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

This is something that is frustrating about forums that have a political bias. Right-leaning forums are like "Us normal people vs those insane radical communist libtards" and then left-leaning forums are like "Us normal people vs those murderous racist fascist alt-right". And then they each cherry pick articles about the worst of the other side, to support that narrative.

And then there's all these people in the middle who are just getting completely ignored because everyone is so obsessed with hating the extremists from the other "side", while ignoring the extremists from their own side. Tribalism at its finest. I hope someday humanity as a whole can stop being so easily mentally swept away by this type of thinking. Some people are learning, and that culture is growing, but man it's like 10 steps forward 9 steps back. I guess that's the story of human history, in a lot of ways. Maybe someday we'll figure it out.

[–]Tiwaking 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Its not that he middle get completely ignored. Its just that the middle cant contribute to the debate.

They'll get yelled at by both sides for 'missing the point'.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Which then makes me wonder why the media lets the extremists have the center of the discussion? I guess it's more entertaining and they want more views because that's how they make money. Just turning everything in to the Jerry Springer Show, basically.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I think Jon Stewart did the best at pointing out the hypocrisy of extremism and how the media only focuses on the loudest and stupidest after he destroyed those partisan hacks at Crossfire

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, that is an awesome moment. Thanks for the link