US Politics on Yik Yak | Might be a hot take idk: I feel the whole “change my mind” bit, and any and all versions of that sorta content, I think have normalized the idea of never actually changing your mind and leads the way to ideologically trapped and deliberately misled voters

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US Politics 2w

Might be a hot take idk: I feel the whole “change my mind” bit, and any and all versions of that sorta content, I think have normalized the idea of never actually changing your mind and leads the way to ideologically trapped and deliberately misled voters

Anonymous 2w

Yeah it's never about changing minds it's more about the toxic debate culture.

Anonymous 2w

That’s what it’s supposed to do. They can’t win on facts and logic, so they use smart sounding words in public and target impromptu debaters, using rehearsed talking points.

Anonymous 2w

100% agree. From an educational perspective, learning is a process of scaffolding knowledge and physically restructuring your brain. Challenging people to “change your mind” makes learning/communicating come from conquest, not curiosity. Deliberately misled is a fantastic way of putting it. People who approach conversation or discussion like this aim to make their perspective SEEM “impenetrable,” and those who agree begin to seek the same destruction towards opponents.

Anonymous

#1 2w

Maybe “toxic debate culture” is a better term for it, but I think especially w/ conservatives it’s well within their vibe to understand that their voting base has on average less college education, meaning they’re less likely to double check and know how to scrutinize data and scientific evidence, which means the gop content creator can act the part of an intellectual and gain more voters with bad rhetoric knowing the new viewers won’t care enough to read between the lines

Anonymous

OP 2w

They don't have to be correct statements they just have to be charismatic enough to be believed.