Recently, I took two polls on Blind. The first asked which way people thought most other people leaned politically, and the other asked people to self identify their own political leanings. š The results: The first poll showed people assume others are an even split between left and right with some on the fringes of far left/right. The second poll showed a majority middle with a few people left and right. Very few people identify as far left/right. š¤ What we learned: People think weāre more divided than we are. In reality, most people fall into the same part of the political spectrum. š¤·āāļø Questions: Many of the comments suggest people who voted for Trump are āfar rightā. Why would you consider Trump far right? Many posts on Blind refer to those who disagree with the right as āLiberalsā. By definition, liberals are far left, and very few people fall there. Why do we categorize people this way? If most of us fall in the middle, can we have better, more respectful conversations about issues important to us?
I think people are "Far TC".
Such a BS. You don't become a moderate or a rational thinker just because you consider yourself so.
No one claimed to be a rational thinker. Most people just donāt lean very far right or left.
Care to address my actual point?
Liberalism isnāt āleftā let alone āfar leftā - social liberalism is sometimes called center-left. So I donāt understand your point there. People think Trump is right wing or even āfar right wingā because his positions are more aligned with the right and he even flirts with the far-right by circulating memes created by fascists, using some far-right talking points, and he downplays far-right politics and violence.
And his love of authoritarians and authoritarianism.
Blind is generally pretty "moderate" when it comes to American politics BUT discourse here is also dominated by a small group of right wing trolls and propagandists. It seems like there's only two leftists on here: me and EllisDee25.
Iām in here too!
Is it possible that poles arenāt left and right, but informed and ignorant? Peopleās values and morals seem to have little to do with cheering or booing The President.
Shocking to see this line of reasoning from a manager at amazon. You wonāt go very far there with that rational way of thinking! š