Is creating echo chambers really desirable in our current political climate? Democracy is built on a foundation of free and open discourse, not in censoring opinions that we don't agree with. All that does is polarize and radicalize people even more.

[–] Victor_Lucas@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lmao ok settler how about you replace a few lead pipes in the ghettos you've enclosed the First Nations in before talking about democracy.

Maybe return 1 square meter of land?

[–] ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

How do you say this 7th grade government class nerd shit and not feel deep embarrassment

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not about an echo chamber. There are some instances that say the same few things without being reasonable. They're just political slogans and myths with little bearing on reality. If they were reasonable, sure. It'd be fine. They will take things out of context and when you provide context that goes against it they find something else to attack and act like it never happened. It's not useful and just makes it harder to see other things.

[–] autismdragon@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I've seen people from lemmygrad and hexbear provide sources, even western ones, over and over and be completely ignored by the person they're talking to, often with a thought terminating cliche. You got this backwards.

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[–] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The entire principle of reasonability lies on accepting that other interpretations of facts exist. Removing those who question the prevailing interpretation is harmful for democracy, harmful for journalism, and harmful for freedom of speech.

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