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Posted June 28, 2018 23:59 · last edited June 29, 2018 00:00

paulm wrote:

Anyway, don't worry guys, this will be my last post in the thread, you don't have to put up with my Trump-supporting*, racist*, misogynist* attitude any longer. 

*Disclaimer: I'm not actually any of these things.

It is a sad day when people have to put disclaimers on their posts.

Ironically you (and I) have stated many, many times we are NOT Trump supporters and we made it clear that the issues we wanted to discuss were ones like:

-the impact of social media on peoples opinions

-group think

-increasing polarisation of peoples opinions and beliefs etc etc

and we used Trump as  a way to show examples of these dynamics in action. 

Yet it seems that in 2018 unless you come out and say "trump is evil" etc etc then by default you must be a racist. misogynist Trump supporter and an absolute vile person. There is no middle ground, no critical thinking; you are either with us you are against us.

Which is kind of ironic because I remember back after 9/11 America made it clear to the world that when it comes to fighting "terror" you were either "with us or against us". The liberal left had a real problem with America making that statement yet here we are all these years later and the liberal left are now using the same blanket threat themselves

hmmmm!

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paulm wrote:

Anyway, don't worry guys, this will be my last post in the thread, you don't have to put up with my Trump-supporting*, racist*, misogynist* attitude any longer. 

*Disclaimer: I'm not actually any of these things.

It is a sad day when people have to put disclaimers on their posts.

Ironically you (and I) have stated many, many times we are NOT Trump supporters and we made it clear that the issues we wanted to discuss were ones like:

-the impact of social media on peoples opinions

-group think

-increasing polarisation of peoples opinions and beliefs etc etc

and we used Trump as  a way to show examples of these dynamics in action. 

Yet it seems that in 2018 unless you come out and say "trump is evil" etc etc then by default you must be a racist. misogynist Trump supporter and an absolute vile person. There is no middle ground, no critical thinking; you are either with us you are against us.

Which is kind of ironic because I remember back after 9/11 America made it clear to the world that when it comes to fighting "terror" you were either with us or against us. The liberal left had a real problem with America making that statement yet here we are all these years later and the liberal left are no using the same threat themselves

hmmmm!