Re:Why You Should Care About the Julian Assange Case
by will4274 on Monday November 26, 2018 @01:17PM
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> The far right and the far left are so overrepresented in the media and online discourse
I don't think so, no. Not on mainstream forums. They certainly have a lot of their own special forums, but on Reddit, and Facebook, and HackerNews, I find that most commenters are pretty much who you'd expect - random, middle of the road people.
> it's necessary to distance yourself or be assumed one of them
Have you considered the possibility that you only think these people are overrepresented because you assume anybody without a disclaimer is one of them?
I don't think so, no. Not on mainstream forums. They certainly have a lot of their own special forums, but on Reddit, and Facebook, and HackerNews, I find that most commenters are pretty much who you'd expect - random, middle of the road people.
> it's necessary to distance yourself or be assumed one of them
Have you considered the possibility that you only think these people are overrepresented because you assume anybody without a disclaimer is one of them?