| pokoko said: Yeah, the idea that if you associate with someone then you become just like them is so simplistic and dumb but it also explains a lot about how some people live in such a bubble and become divorced from reality. Echo chambers make extremists. Reminds me of political talk shows with hosts that refuse to listen to their guests. Still, it's interesting to watch polarization at work. With a "guilty by association" mindset in a two party system, suddenly EVERYONE is either far right or far left. Absolutely fascinating.  |
This is exactly why I feel this forum is going to head down a bad path, if you're allowed to just label anyone you dislike as a Nazi/Hitler, while ignoring Godwin's law.
I've already seen enough of that over on social media sites like Twitter/Reddit and hearing about it happening on Bsky on some Discord servers, we really don't need that here, let alone seeping into actual game discussion topic threads. It also doesn't help that some users are self enforcing the "guilty by association" mantra, which in turn can be an easy net to cast upon members on this forum who do not agree with what the other side is labelling/pointing fingers at, and that's when things get real nasty.
I'm also getting fed up with how regular folks, or those just left, right or center are being cited as the far side of left or right, and that isn't helping. This forum shouldn't even be entertaining extremism mentalities from either sort of side.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
