@jensorensen "Nattering Noggins" is usually my go-to in prime time tbh.

@jensorensen I've often felt the same about the word 'divisive'. People who draw attention to a division are so often accused of causing the division.

All it comes down to is people who prefer ignoring problems over solving them. People who, as Martin Luther King Jr. said, "prefer a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice."

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I'm reminded of an ancient Cosma Shalizi quote:
“… our gracious host would really _like_ to be just a little bit to the left of a technocratic center, and to debate those just a little bit to his right about optimal policies within a shared objective function, and pretending that it is a technical and not a political discussion..."

@jensorensen "...But because everything is fucked up and bullshit and because everyone at all on the right has spent forty years (at least) doing their damndest to _make sure_ everything is fucked up and bullshit, even the smallest gesture in that direction is not so much reconciliation as collaboration. And so our host has sads.”

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A world with only one pole ...

@jensorensen in physics, polarization of light means that you can only see a tiny sliver of reality.

Basically, polarisation looks like this https://youtu.be/aiMLJAZajxg

Keep up the great work

@jensorensen How are you, my friend? Could you share my latest post? Sharing is my source of income in Gaza.

@jensorensen just because people use the word improperly doesn't mean the word should be canceled.

For example, a legitimate use: centralized social media polarizes as a byproduct of the incentives of platform owners.

True.

How it's used in the wrong contexts, though, is something that should be called out.

A simple question to ask the claimant is, "How?"

That generally stops them from abusing a useful word in future.

@jensorensen 117% that.

You never fail to deliver, and we love you for that, and more. Keep trucking!

@faraiwe Thank you!

@jensorensen I think this is somehow missing the point. The root of the problem is the first past the post voting system which leaves voters in practical terms with a binary choice between two parties. That is polarisation. That is black or white; right or left; billionaires or poverty - it is not a real reflection of life or politics and the only solution is to adopt proportional representation.
That produces a range of political parties reflecting the range of political views.

@jensorensen I believe that there are inherent rights of people, and that those rights are nonnegotiable. They should be defended at all costs, even with violence if need be.

@jensorensen This is also how I feel when (quite frankly: mostly conservative) people bemoan the "lack of civility" or "death of manners". What they really mean is: can the people who used not to be able to speak out just shut up again so I can enjoy my nice cup of status quo.

Love your comics.

@jensorensen The late civil rights activist Israel Shahak would say "There are encouraging signs of polarization." It is the process of polarization that affects change.