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>But of course, "both sides" is a fallacy to most real issues that have many more sides.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation

Is always a good read when talking about issues like this.

Exactly. Chomsky also pointed this out well many times, that anyone with an agenda for, say, "7 out of 10" on a scale (like, "should we go to war, & if so, how?", can simply present "both sides" as a 5 & 9, so viewers, most of whom would have chosen "3" would think they were very much outliers to the social norm, & picked something between between 5 & 9. They can frame an issue in such a way that looks like they are considering "all points", so that the viewers must identify within that limited range or feel very alone.

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