"It's the Mercator projection but for the opinions of people who don't touch grass."

Well said!

Also, the sample bias phenomenon being raised in the article comes up so often, and is so easy to be deeply fooled by. It's the same type of issue that makes people think that recidivism rates are much higher than they are:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/10/why-do-so-many-p...