Soundwave said:
Nymeria said: People have increasingly fallen into echo chambers dehumanizing each other polarizing discourse. It sadly doesn't surprise me to see violence or even murder when these groups intersect. All one has to do is look at the lens of how this protest/anti protest is covered in outlets to see the disparate realities we inhabit. |
What point in history did KKK/NeoNazi members not exist in a disparate reality? People need to stop acting like this is something new. It's not, it was just convienant and felt warm and fuzzy to pretend it was gone rather than face up the fact that this ugliness is still here and has been there.
It will take another 100-200 years for it to really shift in the way people think, probably because by then genetic engineering of humans will render concepts like ethnic identity almost moot (but that's another can of worms, but it does show the futiliy of "racial purists" ... they are on a bus headed off a cliff, they're just too stupid to see it coming).
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Well yes, OBVIOUSLY these groups have been here since the beginning.. What is *new* are a few key components -
1. An echo chamber of the internet that allows like minded people (on ALL sides) to cluster together and embolded their own beliefs by disscussion among their own, while cutting off any opposing views that may make them see things differently
2. A sensationalist mainstream media that at the very least fuels the fire of racial/identity politic tensions for ratings
3. A society that increasingly discourages and even demonize those who speak out in the workplace and public life, thus allowing beliefs and emotions to fester and eventually boil over. I think we're nearing that boiling point
4. You also have groups like BLM and Antifa on the rise and increasingly going out of their way to cause disruptions and even violence in a few cases (NOT saything these guys are on par with supremecist groups), but nonetheless these groups - along with the other factors - are the perfect storm that are giving these hate groups new life, and a new platform so to speak. It only serves to dump fuel on the fire.
I fear this is only going to create a cycle and feedback loop of violence until something eventually gives..