Human individual variability is huge. Any group is going to have individuals from one extreme to the other on a list of variables.
People who believe in the truth will vary from one extreme regarding being loose, casual, cheeky etc. with language to the opposite extreme.
People who are talking about a hoax will vary from one extreme regarding being loose, casual, cheeky etc. with language to the opposite extreme.
Both will comprise roughly the standard bell curve with whatever subtle idiosyncratic features.
And, WITHIN group differences are much GREATER than between group differences--virtually regardless of the variable.
I didn’t draw these conclusions over night. I’ve been observing for a long time. People trying to get the truth out indeed do rely on facts, evidence and logic. People attempting to spread a belief detached from facts resort to ad hominem, personal attacks, and attempts to silence anyone with a dissenting view. I’ve seen it again and again; it is normative.
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