The Woke-lash Monster
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Nice piece.
I wasn't aware that SNL pulled punches against Trump supporters. I'm glad to hear they did. Certainly that is not a test many leftists I observed online and in real life were able to pass.
The class that chronicles America's divisions continuously underestimates how much of what polarizes us is also about them. Last year, a study found that those who read more news and post more about it online were more likely to disparage the other side than less engaged Americans. Unlike Republicans, the more education Democrats attained the less likely they were to correctly gauge the views of the other side. Democrats with a postgraduate degree were three times less accurate in describing Republican stances than Democrats who did not graduate high school. Democrats were also more likely to have like-minded friends. Half of liberal Democrats, compared to a third of conservative Republicans, also oppose a family member marrying someone of the other political tribe.
I remember that study, I think we discussed it here. Again, it coincides with my observations online and in real life.
