• OpenStars@piefed.social
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    7 days ago

    Bean soup phenomenon: the comment I replied to, with >100 upvotes, said:

    I don’t think anyone thought he was criticizing free speech

    Also, curiosity might involve digging deeper beyond merely reading a title, particularly since those are well-known these days for being click bait (titles I mean, even in cases where the articles themselves are not).

    Think a little more about what you are trying to say here… that people are curious, that they did not simply judge upon merely reading the title, trusting others to get something right but then feeling the need to add onto that regardless?

    Of course it is understandable. This is how right-wing polities are being enacted all across the globe currently: using well-established methodologies that offer tried and true results. I “understand” that all too well.