How politics affects my everyday life....

[norfacoflandra]

Actually, also how I'm trying to rationalize between farcebook, which seems to have become my primary "tidbit catcher", and here, where I've posted rarely in the last couple years

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[raventhourne]

Hugs and luv and I hear you.

My biggest worry is I hear nothing really sane in any discourse. Its just ban everything and not even a middle ground.

Le sigh.

I completely understand.

[alzbeta_m]

The situation reminds me of Dr. Peter Sandman's analysis of risk perception. People who really understand risk calculate it as Risk = Probability x Magnitude. But the majority of the public calculates it as Risk = Hazard + Outrage.

Familiarity and the appearance of control are two of the factors that can reduce outrage, which is why people don't see the risk when driving.

Catastrophes, lack of control, and children being affected all can increase outrage, which is why the school shooting has everyone seeing the risk from guns as so high.

[norfacoflandra]

Thank you! I like that - to me, it makes a great deal of sense once verbalized.