Politics has long invaded family groups on WhatsApp, reflecting the electoral tensions experienced in social environments.
To avoid arguments and breakups, some families decided to impose rules of coexistence, which even include the temporary banishment of members.
For Pablo Castanho, a professor at Ipusp (Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo), WhatsApp groups end up serving as a stage for repeating the same statements with exhaustion and for preaching, and there is no space for reflection. Therefore, they would not be the most favorable environment for discussions about politics.
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