More Americans are biting their tongues, not because they don’t care, but because they’re afraid to speak.
From DEI to the war in Gaza, people are more afraid to speak their minds now than during the Red Scare, according to a political scientist who has been conducting surveys.
This “spiral of silence” is real. It’s stifling democratic debate and amplifying the loudest, most aggressive voices.
While I don't doubt the study's findings, starting the article with a "both sides are to blame" doesn't give me much confidence in the rest of the piece.
@RandamuMaki @TheConversationUS people just don't understand how evil can look so banal. Their concept of a Nazi is someone running a gas chamber and executing people in the streets. They see what's happening and rationalize because it's "not THAT bad". We haven't built Auschwitz. It's not like ICE is marching through _my neighborhood_ so this is probably just an exaggeration. Politicians _all lie_ Trump isn't any different. Just because we deported one or two people _by accident_ doesn't mean this is a deliberate tactic to instill fear.
American fascists are boring, and goofy, and incompetent, and absolutely just as dangerous and evil to the core as the Nazi movement almost a century ago.
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