[MathCodeLove]

What does that statement have to do with the comment you're responding to? Yes cops should kill fewer people, but as the person to whom you replied mentioned, police violence is far from the most serious issue facing the US currently. Let's get outraged at the obesity epidemic, let's revolt against black on black violence in the inner cities, let's "defund" platforms which encourage division and turmoil.

Even my comment is derivative, the point is that news and media outlets are able to control public opinion even by being honest and factual. By simply ignoring some facts it's trivial for these outlets to skew their audiences perspectives on current events. The whole "left vs right" ideology is toxic and cancerous to a healthy society and it sickens me. It's increasingly difficult to hold a moderate opinion about a subject without being demonized by one group of extremists or another.

[A_non_e-moose]

See John Cleese on Extremism https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNhPMQnWu4

The "you're either with us or against us" mentality leads to the eradication of moderates and further extremism.

A healthy society needs balance.

How can we counteract this?

[prox]

- Cutting down on high noise / low effort social media - Reflection on whether the article you just read made you feel good or you learned something, find on the ground experts in fields. - Debating with your “enemy” in a Socratic Way - A true intolerant likes wrestling in the mud and stay there.

[deanCommie]

> Let's get outraged at the obesity epidemic

Michelle Obama tried to make this her primary focus through the entire Obama administration. Like everything else the Obamas did, the Right wing that is currently engaging in the same whataboutism and dogwhistles as this sentence, chastised it at the time as elitist and un-american.

> let's revolt against black on black violence in the inner cities

* https://www.afterschoolalliance.org/afterschoolsnack/VOX-5-R...

* https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-black-crime-loaded-controver...

> let's "defund" platforms which encourage division and turmoil.

While I broadly agree with you that social media platforms are a problem that needs fixing, "defunding" them is a nonsensical statement that only makes sense in reference and in direct contrast to "defunding the police".

These platforms are not "funded" because "funding" in this context refers to allocation decisions of PUBLIC TAXPAYER FUNDS. Private companies are not collecting tax dollars then spending them on fun riot gear to go cosplaying in as they gas people exercising their first amendment rights.

The whole premise of "defunding the police" is to reallocate public funds to different programs that we currently task our police with (mental health, drug addiction, sex work, etc))