(thinking out loud here) There're a lot of people out there that are confused about societal issues happening in the world. The problem is the most accessible things people see online about these issues are not well crafted articles or good faith debates helping them develop informed opinions ... - ThreadSky

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mlaser.bsky.social • 74 days ago

(thinking out loud here)
There're a lot of people out there that are confused about societal issues happening in the world. The problem is the most accessible things people see online about these issues are not well crafted articles or good faith debates helping them develop informed opinions ...

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mlaser.bsky.social•74 days ago

Rather what people encounter are bad faith debates, poorly thought out articles, or, most commonly, ill informed angry people posting about stuff without context. Everyone only presenting one side of a debate even though it's hard to understand one side without sincerely explaining the other ...

mlaser.bsky.social•74 days ago

All of this only confuses some people more which leads them to choose the simplest answers. Due to the very complicated nature of society simple answers are rarely the right ones but they are easy to understand and after encountering the angry chaos of the internet accepting them can be a relief ...

mlaser.bsky.social•74 days ago

Ironically even this explanation is a simplification. But what I think is that angrily posting about something you can't explain well, especially if you're an influencer, isn't helping. You don't convince people with anger, you only gain similarly thinking angry people & alienate the rest ...

mlaser.bsky.social•74 days ago

Although, I understand that people want to vent, complaining is only human, and saying that you shouldn't talk about something that upsets you sounds stupid. Therefore, I don't really have a solution, all I am saying is that I don't think it's helping.

(hopefully this ramble made sense)

velociraptorblitz.bsky.social•74 days ago

It made sense to me. It's also a reality check because I too fall for this.

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