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by inglor_cz 1072 days ago
One of the things that happened in the meantime is the rise of the social networks, which shifted public perception towards the most visible people on those networks.

As a result, the Right is seen as a bunch of bleach-injecting, QAnon-infested Russophiles with Confederate flags, while the Left is seen as a murder of nonbinary crow-identifying blue-haired individuals with rainbow flags; with both absolutely happy to trample the current societal order (and the national flag) into dust to achieve their Nirvana.

Doing anything constructive in such condition becomes a lot harder, because these stereotypes engender a lot of division, hate and distrust.