Tumblr tends to be like that due to the failures of its most dedicated users to fully and clearly apprehend sociological theories. Most of these people are just young folks that don't actually know much about half the things they're talking about, but enjoy talking about these things as a way to increase their social standing amongst people of similar inclinations; the thrill of social justice to them comes not so much through the use of it towards the betterment of society, but from using ideas taken from social justice to bully others while appearing to be caring, socially-aware individuals. You'll find that their ignorance of the social sciences tends to promote a general atmosphere of moon-battiness, probably due to the fact that they know enough to rebel against their republican parents, but not enough to be level-headed and judicious in their application of some of the things they pick up.
It's easy to be 'perfect' in your views on tumblr, because you're online and can easily craft that image behind a series of ostensibly-impassioned reblogs of black people getting beaten up by the cops (probably the same ones that some tumblr users clutch their purses around), and when somebody else on the site fucks up, it's really easy to write them off as a complete shitlord, since being on the internet makes people more inclined to see the people making these mistakes as just words on a screen instead of living, breathing, fallible humans with their own opinions and experiences.
Of course, it's probably also the case that people who are moonbatty are already attracted to the website due to its reputation, but it's just as likely that once people of moderately left-wing sensibilities become regular users of the site, they take on some of the behaviors and ideas that the people they follow promote. Not all tumblr users are like that, necessarily (I've found some moderates that use the site), but that's just my completely unprofessional and generalized take on it.
Now that I look back on this, I don't even know if I fully answered your question; for some reason, my mind is just all over this place right now and I feel like I'm going to post this no matter what. Sorry.
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Tumblr tends to be like that due to the failures of its most dedicated users to fully and clearly apprehend sociological theories. Most of these people are just young folks that don't actually know much about half the things they're talking about, but enjoy talking about these things as a way to increase their social standing amongst people of similar inclinations; the thrill of social justice to them comes not so much through the use of it towards the betterment of society, but from using ideas taken from social justice to bully others while appearing to be caring, socially-aware individuals. You'll find that their ignorance of the social sciences tends to promote a general atmosphere of moon-battiness, probably due to the fact that they know enough to rebel against their republican parents, but not enough to be level-headed and judicious in their application of some of the things they pick up.
It's easy to be 'perfect' in your views on tumblr, because you're online and can easily craft that image behind a series of ostensibly-impassioned reblogs of black people getting beaten up by the cops (probably the same ones that some tumblr users clutch their purses around), and when somebody else on the site fucks up, it's really easy to write them off as a complete shitlord, since being on the internet makes people more inclined to see the people making these mistakes as just words on a screen instead of living, breathing, fallible humans with their own opinions and experiences.
Of course, it's probably also the case that people who are moonbatty are already attracted to the website due to its reputation, but it's just as likely that once people of moderately left-wing sensibilities become regular users of the site, they take on some of the behaviors and ideas that the people they follow promote. Not all tumblr users are like that, necessarily (I've found some moderates that use the site), but that's just my completely unprofessional and generalized take on it.
Now that I look back on this, I don't even know if I fully answered your question; for some reason, my mind is just all over this place right now and I feel like I'm going to post this no matter what. Sorry.
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Awesome comment.