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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
I don't know what Matata's politics are, but these responses are seriously making me question the reading comprehension levels behind some of these replies.
If red team vs. blue team politics prevent people from both teams being able to come together in recognition that people who view others as sub-human trash are the worst regardless of which team's colour they wear, then politics are pretty broken. If people are so divided by political team that they can't agree on such a fundamental statement and position, then liberal political discourse in society is pretty well on the ropes.
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This is pew data from 2017, and I suspect if we found a similar poll today, the results would be even more extreme. Both sides think the other side is subhuman trash - because most people are highly susceptible to propaganda about the other side. This is especially true when combined with a general strong confirmation bias present in most people. In short: the average person takes much more extreme positions now than before. One unfortunate effect of this is that the average person in the Red Camp or the Blue Camp now views moderates as extremists because a moderate position is now also distant from their own. This is quite apparent in this thread (and I would say in this forum in general, which is very left/democrat/progressive).
