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Both sides have their frame and mythology. I get that you feel like you're doing what's right and true by advancing yours, but it's narratives and semiotics al
by ogre_magi 9y ago
Both sides have their frame and mythology.
I get that you feel like you're doing what's right and true by advancing yours, but it's narratives and semiotics all the way down.
- bmcfeeley 9y agoIs there a grand realization i'm missing in the observation that all people's belief systems are composed of data points that lead to those beliefs? This seems tautologically true to me, and mostly irrelevant.
- ogre_magi 9y ago"Data points" That feels like a charitable euphemism but I suppose it is literally true in a way. My point was simply: "We can tell when you're preaching." I think HN functions well when it talks about topics where the community is roughly on the same side.
- forapurpose 9y ago> Both sides have their frame and mythology. ... it's narratives and semiotics all the way down. That's an old propaganda standby - both sides are the same, it's all just opinion. Nothing distinguishes U.S. policy from Stalin's, they would say in the Cold War. But there is good and evil in the world, and if we don't distinguish between them then we are accomplices for the latter. Furthering hate is not the same as opposing it; oppressing people is not the same as fighting for their freedom.