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How would you propose making a list of "99 reasons 2016 was a good year" without "sampling bias"? The entire premise of the article depends on your definition

How would you propose making a list of "99 reasons 2016 was a good year" without "sampling bias"? The entire premise of the article depends on your definition of the word "good". I agree this article is viewed through a liberal lens. A conservative's list would be very different: opened up vast new areas to oil drilling! Outlawed abortion in more countries! Rolled back environmental regulations that protect penguins over jobs! Reduced crime with stiffer prison sentences!

CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
> How would you propose making a list of "99 reasons 2016 was a good year" without "sampling bias"? If I were to write this article, I'd attempt to hit as many different interests as possible, including things I find silly or inconsequential (i.e. sports teams' accomplishments). > A conservative's list would be very different: opened up vast new areas to oil drilling! Outlawed abortion in more countries! Rolled back environmental regulations that protect penguins over jobs! Reduced crime with stiffer prison sentences! That's an interesting take on conservatism. Most of the self-proclaimed conservatives I know wouldn't agree with that, but maybe they're mislabeling themselves?
protomyth 10y ago
> A conservative's list would be very different: opened up vast new areas to oil drilling! Outlawed abortion in more countries! Rolled back environmental regulations that protect penguins over jobs! Reduced crime with stiffer prison sentences! and that's why liberals lose elections - one of these years we'll skip the caricatures
- noobermin 10y ago
  You ignore the last two elections. We'd all do well to avoid succumbing to recent-ism.
  - protomyth 10y ago
    Not really, I guess you mean 2012 and 2008, but looking at 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016; you see a pretty interesting trend in both national elections and state houses.
- mark_edward 10y ago
  How is that a caricature? That's the Republican platform
noobermin 10y ago
Many conservatives would agree with much in this list. It's hard to consider things like eradication of Ebola infections as negative.

CiPHPerCoder 10y ago

> How would you propose making a list of "99 reasons 2016 was a good year" without "sampling bias"? If I were to write this article, I'd attempt to hit as many different interests as possible, including things I find silly or inconsequential (i.e. sports teams' accomplishments). > A conservative's list would be very different: opened up vast new areas to oil drilling! Outlawed abortion in more countries! Rolled back environmental regulations that protect penguins over jobs! Reduced crime with stiffer prison sentences! That's an interesting take on conservatism. Most of the self-proclaimed conservatives I know wouldn't agree with that, but maybe they're mislabeling themselves?

protomyth 10y ago

> A conservative's list would be very different: opened up vast new areas to oil drilling! Outlawed abortion in more countries! Rolled back environmental regulations that protect penguins over jobs! Reduced crime with stiffer prison sentences! and that's why liberals lose elections - one of these years we'll skip the caricatures

noobermin 10y ago
You ignore the last two elections. We'd all do well to avoid succumbing to recent-ism.
- protomyth 10y ago
  Not really, I guess you mean 2012 and 2008, but looking at 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016; you see a pretty interesting trend in both national elections and state houses.
mark_edward 10y ago
How is that a caricature? That's the Republican platform

noobermin 10y ago

Many conservatives would agree with much in this list. It's hard to consider things like eradication of Ebola infections as negative.