Lee Fang, Mehdi Hasan

I hope Naomi Klein hasn't been infected with their brainworms

  • Liberalism [he/him,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Just fucking consume media critically, why do people on this lib site think that an outlet producing bad content or having dumb people involved with it means you just throw the entire thing in the trash.

    If you think reading a publication means you have to adopt all the opinions of every person who writes for it you are never going to find what you're looking for.

    • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, a more appropriate title might have been "Intercept Contributors have some serious brainworms" or something, but I can't take it back now.

      Better for people to know about bad takes and consider that in the same thought as the intercept's reporting record, since that will likely lead people to be more instinctively cautious, than if they didn't know/think about the bad takes.

        • s_p_l_o_d_e [they/them,he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          Oh for sure, it's absolutely a strong knee jerk reaction given that political activity in the US can easily begin and end with "being informed", so what news (rather than how the news is approached) becomes a part of one's identity.

    • Perplexiglass [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      It's impossible to distinguish a "cancel" from satire, irony, troll, or well-intentioned naivete.