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> They will face no consequences...

> Can you even _imagine_ the absolute chaos that would rein if...

I think everyone has their own media diet, influenced partly by their own choices and partly by algorithms. Your media diet likely has a huge effect on whose reactions you see and thus which reactions you perceive to be "brushing something off" or "absolute chaos."

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True - I need to keep in mind that Twitter isn't "everyone".

But at the same time, these are well known public figures broadcasting openly racist and anti-Semitic thoughts to millions of people.

I'm not completely sure what to make of it.

Even within Twitter there will be a vast difference. If a liberal quotes a conservative tweet in disapproval you will see replies from liberals also expressing disapproval. But if another conservative quotes the same tweet in approval, you’ll see a bunch of conservatives replying in approval. It would be incorrect to conclude either “everyone realized that tweet was terrible” and “everyone agreed with that tweet.”

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