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> Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. Stories like these are exactly that - stories. Nobody is a saint. Not in

> Stories like this one usually give me bunch of really uneasy thoughts and feelings. Stories like these are exactly that - stories. Nobody is a saint. Not in this world. People said the same thing about mother teresa and she turned out to be an awful person who enjoyed seeing the suffering of others. Gandhi? MLK? [insert any name of a media's "saint"]. Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit. > And here I am, sitting countless hours behind screen,doing all these irrelevant things, writing code which maybe will increase someone's profit insignificantly. The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site.

michaelmrose 7y ago
It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster nor does it follow that since some people have been portrayed inaccurately that she was. >The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site. This is fetishizing following different biases as being an individualist. If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis.
- dntbnmpls 7y ago
  > It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster It does not follow because you just built up a straw man. I didn't say she is a monster, I just said nobody is a saint. "Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit." > If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis. In this case, it's the media who is saying it's 17. As I pointed out, every "saint" created by the media propaganda has been shown to be far from it. From gandhi to mlk to even lincoln, hitler, mao, you get the idea.
  - michaelmrose 7y ago
    This is shallow analysis that adds little to the discussion.
    - dntbnmpls 7y ago
      This is even shallower and adds nothing to the discussion. Perhaps we should agree to disagree in our shallowiness.

michaelmrose 7y ago

It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster nor does it follow that since some people have been portrayed inaccurately that she was. >The true heroes are the ordinary people who labor away in anonymity. There has never been a truly good person on the BBC or any major "news" site. This is fetishizing following different biases as being an individualist. If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis.

dntbnmpls 7y ago
> It does not follow that because all people are flawed that she was a monster It does not follow because you just built up a straw man. I didn't say she is a monster, I just said nobody is a saint. "Ultimately, we find out that they were all too human and the sainthood bestowed on them by the media is bullshit." > If the mainstream press reports 2 + 2 = 4 saying it's 17 isn't brave its a failure of analysis. In this case, it's the media who is saying it's 17. As I pointed out, every "saint" created by the media propaganda has been shown to be far from it. From gandhi to mlk to even lincoln, hitler, mao, you get the idea.
- michaelmrose 7y ago
  This is shallow analysis that adds little to the discussion.
  - dntbnmpls 7y ago
    This is even shallower and adds nothing to the discussion. Perhaps we should agree to disagree in our shallowiness.