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The end gives it away: > I’ll end with some quality, free-thinking people and resources who aren’t afraid to post their views. I have found it immensely helpfu
by newacct583 6y ago
The end gives it away:
> I’ll end with some quality, free-thinking people and resources who aren’t afraid to post their views. I have found it immensely helpful to diversify my feeds with different opinions and people.
Which is, of course, why it's almost 100% right-leaning libertarians, mixed with a token handful of reliably leftward-shooting people like Taibbi and Tracey. There's not a legitimate progressive voice in that whole list that I can see. Not one.
This author, and this article's intended readership, isn't interested in legitimate online discussion. She just wants a different echo chamber than the ones she's being presented.
- DavidVoid 6y agoFor someone claims to be pro LGBTQ, pro choice, and pro environmental issues, she sure recommends a lot of "quality" resources that certainly aren't pro any of those things.
- kayodelycaon 6y agoJust because the author has an axe to grind, that doesn’t invalid everything they say. It’s possible to read critically and decide what’s worth discussing.
- newacct583 6y agoAn appeal to free speech made insincerely isn't much of an appeal. The question is whether she feels strongly enough about the inherent value of contrasting enough to preserve them in her own recommendations. And she doesn't. She's Just Another Angry Libertarian, only protesting when "her" side is criticized. If you agree with her, she makes sense. If you don't, she seems... duplicitous. To wit: I don't trust this woman (or most of the posters here) to preserve my speech. Or that of many others. I mean, we're literally seeing armed suppression of peaceful protestors in the news. And what's the Real Problem in her head? The protestors. Because they yelled at people on the internet.
- throwaway2048 6y agoYep, amazing how many brave online free speech warriors don't give a single shit that there is government action violently suppressing free speech, you know, an ACTUAL first amendment violation.