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Declaring that journalists today aren’t writing anything of importance is a pretty trolling assertion.

• marcoseliziario 7y ago
  Maybe it is a hyperbole. Maybe it is a radical opinion. In both cases, it is not clear it is a trolling assertion, because it fails the test of being clearly an opinion given with the intent of derailing a discussion. A troll is not someone with radical, out of average opinions, a troll is someone that wants to derail a discussion. It doesn't look like that for me. It is no even that much of a novel assertion, in one form or another, I've been hearing opinions like that from people from all sides of the political spectrum since I became interested on politic debates. It is not that far from what you've got reading books like Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" or from what you read on a lot of right-wing blogs. If you think this is an incorrect and unjust assertion, and I would be strongly attracted to agree with you, the best course of action is not silencing the speaker, but engaging in rational discussion with them. Then, and only then, if the poster refuses to address your arguments rationally, and starts things like personal attacks, fallacious arguments, and a general uncalled-for aggressiveness, we could justly label them as a troll and act accordingly, not before.
• marcoseliziario 7y ago
  Ironically, someone downvoted you. Which is a shame. Even not agreeing with what you said about it, I really appreciated the opportunity to present my counter-points to you.
  • danso 7y ago
    I appreciate your lengthy response.