This seems to oddly line up with what's I'm seeing at least. Disproportionate retributions against young, impressionable minds create more disproportionate responses. This positive feedback loop creates a schism that keeps widening, pushing people to very ugly extremes where the ends justify the means.
@grainloom what are your thoughts?
@drequivalent yup, seems very much in line with what I used to see years ago when I was in different online circles and what I've been seeing in some old friends
@drequivalent hmm