I mean, if you dismiss every criticism out of hand, if you prejudge, the only thing you've done is foster prejudice. take individual claims of wrongdoing on a case by case basis.
Yeah - exactly! I agree with you. Individual claims and individual people should be given the full benefit of the doubt. Don't paint anyone with a broad brush.
However, if you're trying to paint the whole landscape - then break that broad brush out. The person in OP's picture is probably earnest (if perhaps a bit misguided), but generally when you hear "why I left the left" it is an astroturfed piece of BS.
Definitely true about individuals. But they're the exceptions to general trends.
I mean, if you dismiss every criticism out of hand, if you prejudge, the only thing you've done is foster prejudice. take individual claims of wrongdoing on a case by case basis.
Yeah - exactly! I agree with you. Individual claims and individual people should be given the full benefit of the doubt. Don't paint anyone with a broad brush.
However, if you're trying to paint the whole landscape - then break that broad brush out. The person in OP's picture is probably earnest (if perhaps a bit misguided), but generally when you hear "why I left the left" it is an astroturfed piece of BS.
yea, totally agree.