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  • UnderwaterSwift@sh.itjust.workstoOut of the loop@lemmy.world•Went on All today and saw many posts celebrating Sen. Feindtein's recent passing. Why is she so hated on the left?
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    1 year ago

    I don’t really get what you’re saying. What right wing extremist views are more centrist now then say the 90’s?

    I kind of get this feeling like you’re about to give me some rant about “alt-right” behavior talking points, but people were definitely more sexist, ableist, transphobic, and racist back then compared to now it’s not even comparable. People were also way more religious, which is pretty auth right compared to now. Am I missing something?

    I think in the “real world” we’ve slid left for sure, but political discourse is more of a doughnut than a box now. Algorithms and engagement metrics have pushed content people read to be more extreme and enraging. People also like to join insular communities and hate bond over caricatures of their enemies. Reddit has many popular subreddits to that effect. Lemmy has a lot of left ones, but it seems like most of the right ones were driven off.