One other thing I’ve seen people say on Threads in particular about this election is that it’s opened their eyes about how much of a “bubble” they’ve been when it comes to politics. A few examples:
Unfortunately, I have noticed this bubble in the past, and it’s a problem I’ve seen for a long time on the liberal left; people on that side of the political spectrum are really good at assuming that their particular positions are so self-evidently correct that they can’t understand why everyone doesn’t share them, and sometimes they don’t seem to understand that everyone doesn’t share them… and then you get things like, well, yesterday when reality rocks up and laughs in your face while spitting in it at the same time. And I’m not blaming people for being in that sort of bubble when it comes to politics and media consumption; pretty much all of mine leans left/progressive to some extent or other. But I have no illusions about the other side not believing in the same things as me, cos they don’t, and the only surprise I’ve had in the last 26 years of being regularly online has been to discover just how bad the right can be… I learned this back in the early days of blogging post-September 11, and I have continued to observe it, and I have only seen them get worse over the last couple of decades. If they were monstrous twenty years ago, they’re outright evil now. It’s pleasant to be in that bubble, I know, sometimes it might be the best or even the only thing you can do to stay sane, but deluding yourself into thinking everyone’s on your side does nothing good.
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