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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by creato on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:48PM (#22206179)
> Sadly there are lots of reasonable-seeming right-leaning people whose discourse about 'real issues' sooner or later circles around to 'race realism' or 'the jewish question' or some other ideological Pandora's box. It's often later; a common rule of thumb among far-right extremists is that it takes at least 2 years to reliably indoctrinate a person online.

I think an equally large problem is reasonable-seeming left-leaning people who hold some opinions so spectacularly absurd in the name of ideology that it generates very fertile ground for right wing commentary to resonate.

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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by watwut on Friday January 31, 2020 @05:06PM (#22206364)
Maybe the part of problem is blaming left wing for right wing actions and opinions, bit never blaming right wing for left wing opinions.

Some peoples actions are excused and excused and explained, others are not.

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