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[Tara Maya]

Good point, Anders. Pandering is the wrong word. Rather, it could be that by constantly interacting with people who have even more extreme opinions (the trolls in the comments are far worse), he’s slowly moved to a more extreme position that still feels like it’s “middle of the road” because the markers have been moved.

In a similar way, Trump’s extremely racist and horrid remarks are now making anyone who doesn’t want to throw out all Muslims look sane by comparison. It’s moved the conversation further toward the extreme, even for those who want to be moderate.


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> On Dec 17, 2015, at 5:33 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
> 
> On 2015-12-15 17:01, Tara Maya wrote:
>> I’m so glad I’m not the only one disturbed by that. I’ve enjoyed his blog for a long time and it seems it’s becoming worse, as if he’s pandering to the more annoying trolls in his readership. 
> 
> Never ascribe to pandering what may be actually held views.
> 
> 
> One side effect of living in a media-aware world is that the standard accusation these days is that messages are insincere because they have been shaped to appeal to some group. This of course conflates sincerity with being a good message, and that group appeal cannot happen naturally. A bit like the previous generation's assumption that people must have been bought to hold the views they hold. 
> 
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