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When it comes to US politics, why do the majority of people like to stay in their echo chambers? (serious) (self.asklemmy)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma to c/asklemmy

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[–] d00phy 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

One thing that keeps me in my echo chamber is people not coming to debate in good faith. I’m generally all for listening to me ideas and viewpoints, but I find that so many people I talk to just want to convince me I’m wrong.

[–] IMongoose 7 points 7 months ago

Before the 2016 election when thedonald was in full swing on Reddit, I thought it would be good to get both sides and entertained it for a while. What I got were the most vitriolic, ignorant, and disingenuous headlines and comments clogging my feed. So ya, I blocked it. If a huge part of a platform is pushing horseshit I don't feel the least bit bad about blocking it.

[–] Maalus 3 points 7 months ago

A lot of people think that, yet still debate in bad faith when provided with evidence etc.