But it's the "Women's March", if you're not supporting the entirety of the platform or members and the actions and methods of said members than you're obviously a sexist bigot. /s Adding the sarcasm tag because it's the internet, you never know
There are people out there who actually believe the "If you dare say anything bad about "Woman's March" then you're automatically a horrible person who should either Kill themselves or get punched i the face" mindset. Its like that one South Park episode where Kyle says that he doesn't think that Caitlyn Jenner is a hero and then PC Principal goes
ballistic and calls Kyle Transphobic/Sexist and say's it's Hate-speetch. Then him & his little PC buddies just pull nasty jokes on him until he's say's the Caitlyn Jenner is a hero. It's actually a pretty accurate representation of the attitude of many SJW/PC people nowadays. I mean, Being harsh & insulting is NOT how you change someone's mind. But then, There are some people who's minds can't be changed. I think these Martin Luther King Jr wannabe's fail to realize that.
The thing a lot of people are ignorant/dumb so causes and positions are being dealt and discussed in generalities instead of being respectfully treated as complex issues as most are. People in general have strong beliefs even when they're not remotely informed about particular subjects, it's a bad mix.
Yeah, They take one look at the News & they're automatically Anti-cop/Anti-Straight-White-Male/etc. They should really get some more info before they take side's so quickly.
This is why you see a lot of insults or labels being thrown around by all the different camps when they perceive someone is not firmly in their group.
"Oh, you're criticizing X? You're supporting Y?
Well you must be a Nazi/Liberal/X because only THOSE kind of people would have this opinion."
And then their next step is spreading the "Truth" about how you're Pro-Nazi/Pro-KKK/Pro-ISIS/Pro-(insert hate crime group here) just because you expressed some political view that they aren't happy with. It happened with Jontron.
It's mudslinging and bringing down the discourse level.
Agreed.
The problem is compounded by the accessibility and speed of social media and online news. How many times has there been a breaking story and everyone is hashtagging on tumblr/twitter/facebook with their take on it?
I think People being able to tweet their Opinion on some current subject so quickly. That's one of the greatest wonder's of technology. But what you're describing is how the situation got out of hand.
People get enraged, argue, make big walls of text and then lo and below, an update comes up a few hours later/the day after and it turns out the actual situation was completely different and their whole rant is basically just hot air about a now known to be fictional situation.
Exactly
As for me, I tend to not engage in debates too deeply when I feel like I am not informed enough to make a clear cut position on the subject. A lot of people don't, and that's why you see badly constructed arguments. Twitter is the worst offender of all. Users tweet 140 characters of text with little to no reread and it just flows out without proper filter.
I don't even think Twitter is meant for "Debate's" or some other shit like that. I think Twitter is just a simple way of voicing your opinion on something, But some people just take what you say & twist it so it sounds horrible. Then they attack you. Now I can see why people prefer Facebook lol.
Edit: Oh and memes, don't forget about em'
Ah meme's, What would the internet do without them? They play a big part in our culture. Taking a meme seriously can say a lot about a person's character.
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