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artykyn · 9 months ago

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This is such a perfect example of @ferrousferrule's point. Here we have someone who is missing the context of the original poll.

Without context, not only are they influenced to vote a certain way, but they are also influenced to judge everyone voting the other way. They are influenced to think that everyone voting for the other option must surely be weird and out of their mind ("why did your brain even go there?"). They find those people confusing.

It's such a common political tactic to manipulate your followers into thinking your opponents are crazy. And just like @ferrousferrule mentioned, this is fine for a dumb little poll because it's all in good fun. But this is just such a perfect example of how this would work for more important, real-world issues.

fuck it let's try this again

#not trying to call them out because I genuinely love that they are someone who is unexposed to the original context #which made them the PERFECT person to prove the point being made!!!#yes it's true that the actual discussion is very silly and has no real weight on the real world #but it's such a beautiful way to realize ''oh hey wait this is something politicians are doing regularly for ACTUAL problems''#''maybe I should be very careful about answering real-world polls''#it's like those experiments asking people to sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide #because it is responsible for killing thousands of people per year #and withdrawal symptoms always include death #and without the right context/education... people don't realize that it's a petition to ban WATER #water kills thousands of people-- by drowning. And withdrawal from it causes death-- by dehydration.

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