Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by kzrdude on Saturday November 07, 2020 @07:39PM (#25021495)

It seems the "windows of acceptable opinions" have gotten narrower (acceptable in a given social clique); I think the reason is that our social medias are so open - we talk not directly to a few people we trust, but our outbursts are visible to a wide circle or even public. This leads to self-censorship.

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by AlisdairO on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:29PM (#25021890)

I agree. In general I identify as very progressive (especially by US standards), but I hold some opinions that are somewhat outside of the leftist norm, and I'm more or less completely unwilling to discuss them online as I don't trust that I will be treated in good faith.

The sad thing here is that I'm genuinely open to having my opinions changed, and have a history of changing my view in response to argument in the past. But can't have my view changed if I'm too scared to even have the discussion ;-).

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Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided ... by donmcronald on Sunday November 08, 2020 @07:23AM (#25025327)

Sometimes I think I’m the only person in Canada that wants a carbon tax and pipelines at the same time :-(

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