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TygrBright

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3. Fear-based dynamic.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Wed Mar 23, 2022, 11:59 PM

Mar 2022

This is promoted: "They" are a threat.

The overestimation of "people like me" on the other hand, is a more normal, and usually more healthy, dynamic.

"People like me" are not a threat.

The unasked and rarely-answered question is always, if fear-escalating ideas are promoted, who is doing so, and why?

thoughtfully,
Bright

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(Jewish Group) In wild overestimate, Americans think 30% of the country is Jewish [View all] Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 OP

That's actually scary. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #1

The general theme is the population of the perceived other is larger. Eugene Mar 2022 #2

Fear-based dynamic. TygrBright Mar 2022 #3

They are way off LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #4

I think that stat that Blacks people think they're 50% is w-a-a-a-y off. brush Mar 2022 #5