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You belong to the cult of the mainstream. These talking points that you're trotting out are shallow and prepackaged, provided to you by the traditional organs o

You belong to the cult of the mainstream. These talking points that you're trotting out are shallow and prepackaged, provided to you by the traditional organs of culture, and function more like shibboleths for other cult members rather than as actual arguments.

heavyset_go 6y ago
I find it hard to imagine believing that talking points pushed by the most watched and highest rated news network in the country[1], and by the head, and majority, of the executive and legislative branches of government are somehow not mainstream. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cable_news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cable_news
- googthrowaway42 6y ago
  Yes let's compare that to: 1. All of the mainstream media except for Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity 2. All of academia (higher and lower education) 3. All of Hollywood 4. Essentially all of entertainment in general (music, late night television, Netflix) 5. All of the federal government bureaucracy 6. All major social media platforms 7. Almost all major corporations 8. Almost all of the international community So essentially every single institution except for those you listed.
  - aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y ago
    Mainstream media occasionally conforms to reality.
  - api 6y ago
    Maybe everyone but a few kooks simply recognizes certain obvious realities. Being contrarian in and of itself doesn’t say anything about truth or rationality. There are tons of crazy contrarians who are just crazy. Being contrarian and right is much harder than being mainstream and right. Biden is not a good candidate, but Trump is unfit for office. If Biden is awful we get another chance to vote in 4 years, and meanwhile we will not endure another 4 years of having a delusional con man as President. BTW while I don't agree with Pence on very many things, he is fit for office and would be better than Trump. Kamala Harris is also a much better candidate than Biden. For some reason we seem to have better VP candidates than POTUS candidates recently. I am trying to avoid taking a swipe at boomers, and just failed.

heavyset_go 6y ago

I find it hard to imagine believing that talking points pushed by the most watched and highest rated news network in the country[1], and by the head, and majority, of the executive and legislative branches of government are somehow not mainstream. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cable_news https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cable_news

googthrowaway42 6y ago
Yes let's compare that to: 1. All of the mainstream media except for Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity 2. All of academia (higher and lower education) 3. All of Hollywood 4. Essentially all of entertainment in general (music, late night television, Netflix) 5. All of the federal government bureaucracy 6. All major social media platforms 7. Almost all major corporations 8. Almost all of the international community So essentially every single institution except for those you listed.
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y ago
  Mainstream media occasionally conforms to reality.
- api 6y ago
  Maybe everyone but a few kooks simply recognizes certain obvious realities. Being contrarian in and of itself doesn’t say anything about truth or rationality. There are tons of crazy contrarians who are just crazy. Being contrarian and right is much harder than being mainstream and right. Biden is not a good candidate, but Trump is unfit for office. If Biden is awful we get another chance to vote in 4 years, and meanwhile we will not endure another 4 years of having a delusional con man as President. BTW while I don't agree with Pence on very many things, he is fit for office and would be better than Trump. Kamala Harris is also a much better candidate than Biden. For some reason we seem to have better VP candidates than POTUS candidates recently. I am trying to avoid taking a swipe at boomers, and just failed.