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by LudvigVanHassen 1728 days ago
Frogpelt has an understanding that so many lack. I wish there was some way for this middle ground to speak and make itself now.

This "tribal" devolution of everything to two sides on an issue with interlocking viewpoints on all subjects is a major problem in our current climate.

I agree the nuance of this situation is lost when there are so many people who do not see the nuance to begin with.

A culture that cannot understand nuance is a culture more likely to go to war. To see others as "other", not seeking common ground, but seeing things that differ as reasons to hate

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That nuance is the same reason the people complain about the Democratic Party having poor messaging.

The masses don't spread nuanced messages. Instead, the simpler & more emotion-based a message is, the more likely it'll go viral.