• Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    When I vote, I read up on the candidate’s positions. I make sure to do my research for decisions I make in the real world. When I’m on Lemmy? I’m going to stage a broad vague opinion because the level of nuance at play here is generally not attainable when not speaking about a specific local policy

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      1 year ago

      That discussion tactic results in groupthink to a level that even coherent positions on the broad issues get obscured by conformance to factional stereotypes.

      • Lexi Sneptaur@pawb.social
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        1 year ago

        I think if someone is that unable to think critically, my comments on Lemmy are not going to have much impact. You don’t need to throw a thesaurus at me either, friend. I assume everyone I talk to on here is at least as smart as me or smarter, no need to prove anything. :-)