Society does coalesce into like-minded groups, usually with different ideological trends than the larger society as a whole. Either we can try to analyze treatment of X in subgroup Y, for any X, or we've set ourselves up for dead end reasoning with the outcomes predetermined. That doesn't mean X1 is the same as X2 on any axis. The strong point found in a slight rework of the grandparent's point is that for a large number of communities on the internet conservatives are the minority group. The bifurcation along the left-right axis is one, if not the most, visible splits on the internet that websites fall on one side of.
Also, persecution complexes are not unique to the empowered, it's just a fools errand (and asking for a flame war) to try and engage in well intentioned discussion to untangle actual persecution from perceived persecution among dis-empowered groups.
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Persecution complexes are a red herring.
Society does coalesce into like-minded groups, usually with different ideological trends than the larger society as a whole. Either we can try to analyze treatment of X in subgroup Y, for any X, or we've set ourselves up for dead end reasoning with the outcomes predetermined. That doesn't mean X1 is the same as X2 on any axis. The strong point found in a slight rework of the grandparent's point is that for a large number of communities on the internet conservatives are the minority group. The bifurcation along the left-right axis is one, if not the most, visible splits on the internet that websites fall on one side of.
Also, persecution complexes are not unique to the empowered, it's just a fools errand (and asking for a flame war) to try and engage in well intentioned discussion to untangle actual persecution from perceived persecution among dis-empowered groups.