[victoryhb]

I am also surprised that a reasoned discussion like this gets flagged while comments calling it a "shitpost" are not.

[dang]

It's like this: when the input is a soup of reasoned discussion plus sensational flamebait, the flamebait will always dominate, and will always determine the output. Sad, but reliable.

[goodpoint]

Because people learn to cling emotionally to hyped-up topics.

Any criticism of sacred icon is taken like an aggression to the reader's sense of self.