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[–] 54 points 1 year ago (5 children)

They've actually studied this and found it not to be true. I'll look for the study later, but it said that if you cut off access to Fox News and Facebook, people get less racist and wanting to do harm.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Do they really? Or are they just less emboldened to verbalize their bigotry?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I suspect a surprising percentage of people just follow the crowd. No effort required to formulate any bigotry or predudice or whatever, just copy others and you're part of the gang. If there's nothing to copy they just shrink out of view.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    If one stops drinking alcohol, one stops being drunk.

    I think people in groups acclimatize to the vibe of their surroundings and verbalize things in a nudged way to land well within the group. So if the group is toxic, the nudge will be toxic.

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