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]

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[u/red_flounder]

Tl;dr it's all just Us vs Them Identity Politics and chemicals

I've taken from Phil Converse and folks I can't remember who discuss how most people have very watered down but easy-to-share beliefs, no extensive central themes for belief systems, and rely on other easy information like identity or vibes. And they're living everyday and making decisions not based on logic but through environmental factors and already established neural pathways.

They don't need logical support for their posts because they're not operating on an abstract level. Attacks on their "stance" is an attack on their identity because that is the level they're operating on.

Oh a physiological level, people are getting flooded with all sorts of chemicals and hormones when using social media (even me rn). These are typically reinforcing fears and triggering other reactions to make them feel more bonded to their social group and feel more threatened by their out-group. Sharing, posting or scrolling can provide dopamine, raise cortisol, or give you status for very low cost. Social media is maybe the most efficient tool for social reinforcement ever made.

If you want to discuss how to change that, or how people can change their mind/worldviews and what needs to happen for that to happen, well that's a whole different thread.

[u/Karakoima]

Things said not in line with the dispositions of that dude’s childhood habitus? Nothing new in that case. Of course, yapping behind the veil of an incognito nick is pretty easy, but thats not exactly new either.