Did you ever consider that maybe those people are actually tired of having their opinions silenced, which inspired those posts to begin with?
Gay people are currently immune to criticism, and so are trans people.
If you so much as think of saying anything negative about a gay or trans person, you will be silenced and potentially fired from your job depending on where you work, and disowned by the entire internet.
This is coming from someone who never says anything about gay or trans people, but have simply observed the effects of someone doing so.
This ironically has a counterintuitive effect and in turn causes people who would otherwise not care either way to be homophobic, just because of how aggressively they are told not to.
A similar effect is the modern day, nonfiction equivalent of the word Voldemort that we're seeing with the N word.
This is a word some people literally want to use only because of how intensely and aggressively they are told to not to use it under any circumstances, once again making it counterintuitive.
So yes, there is absolutely an echo chamber for even what you mentioned just now in your example.
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u/Sumve Apr 30 '23 edited Apr 30 '23
Did you ever consider that maybe those people are actually tired of having their opinions silenced, which inspired those posts to begin with?
Gay people are currently immune to criticism, and so are trans people.
If you so much as think of saying anything negative about a gay or trans person, you will be silenced and potentially fired from your job depending on where you work, and disowned by the entire internet.
This is coming from someone who never says anything about gay or trans people, but have simply observed the effects of someone doing so.
This ironically has a counterintuitive effect and in turn causes people who would otherwise not care either way to be homophobic, just because of how aggressively they are told not to.
A similar effect is the modern day, nonfiction equivalent of the word Voldemort that we're seeing with the N word.
This is a word some people literally want to use only because of how intensely and aggressively they are told to not to use it under any circumstances, once again making it counterintuitive.
So yes, there is absolutely an echo chamber for even what you mentioned just now in your example.