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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Is addiction to outrage a real thing and is it damaging our mental health?
 
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twodot
Aug 7, 2005

You are objectively correct that this person is dumb and has said dumb things

Ytlaya posted:

Also, I would argue that saying political stuff on the internet is not entirely worthless. Every single person who expresses a particular political belief in any setting helps add to a general perception that their opinion is mainstream and popular.
Yeah I think the flip side of "Internet misogyny and racism is a thing anyone should care about" has to be "Internet activism has some positive effect".

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