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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
Kind of a tangent, but there is a really good point in here.
Has the internet caused us to have more extreme opinions, and therefore defend them so vehemently against others?
Is this the reason civil discourse has fallen by the wayside?
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I dont think the internet has caused extreme opinions, its just an easier way to express those opinions.
If anything I think the internet has caused much higher discourse and exposure to different opinions. This in turn will probably make it harder for the general public to share a more common collective opinion. Every little issue nowadays is examined to death online, with millions of people able to speak up on what they think about it. Kind of like this thread.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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