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Majrelende wrote

I think one problem that I see often is that the internet is full of insults and caricatures rather than discussion of ideas. I have often stayed towards the edges and corners of labels, calling myself a liberal or a socialist or a communist and then an anarchist but not feeling fully comfortable until the latter one. I identified with those labels despite having my own private thoughts, and I might feel offended and defensive if the current label were insulted.

No group is homogeneous, but here in internet-culture, it can seem as if only labels exist without diversity in thought. Perhaps deconstructing this label-culture would be a first step to expanding.

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