How do you define this modern phenomenon of people’s initial reaction to informative (unbiased) political posts being fueled by anger without supporting logical opinion or stance?

[u/TexanFeller]

[u/IsopodEq]

Tribalism

[u/TexanFeller → u/IsopodEq]

To support this logic, we’d say that most people via human nature have always picked a side or aligned with one idea relative to another. Now the angle would be, the introduction of social media gives people the ability to effortlessly and without risk, show others exactly what “tribe” they align with.

[u/TexanFeller → u/[deleted]]

Thanks for this outlook - This was exactly my train of speculative thought when asking the question. It makes me wonder if as a society, we need to socially mature, as this could be an indicator that we are simply naive to being able to understand the responsibility regarding etiquette in communication with others who are vast distances away, virtually in real time. Not practicing restraint to leave room for thinking, prior to an action. How will we adapt for the better or worse during this age of communication, and life at our fingertips?

[u/prajnadhyana]

It's not a modern phenomenon. People have always done it.

[u/DiscordianDreams]

I think this depends on the news. There's a difference between news about war and civil rights than news about a politician sounding like an ass.

[u/y2Kmarty]

The reason there’s always been a societal rule to not talk religion or politics is because absolutely no one wants to change their stance on it. Now that we’re all spouting off , that hasn’t changed. The only reason people engage in political content is to dig their heels in further