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In a similar vein, but more acutely topical: Neutral vs Conservative: The Eternal Struggle https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservative-the-ete

In a similar vein, but more acutely topical: Neutral vs Conservative: The Eternal Struggle https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservative-the-eternal-struggle/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservativ... > "I’m not sure if any of this can be reversed. But I think maybe we should consider to what degree we are in a hole, and if so, to what degree we want to stop digging." Narrator: "They did not."

edbob 6y ago
Thank you for the link. I've realized that I have a hunger for liberals that I can actually talk with. I like seeing new perspectives and sometimes learning things. Although these two articles are critical of other liberals, he still portrays a lot of liberal positions that are actually interesting when they're not framed with some variety of "conservatives are fascists bent on installing a dictator". I saw a book recently that was something like a Marxist Feminist interpretation of history, and I actually was pretty interested in reading it even though I might not agree with any of it. (I had already picked out five books, so I didn't buy it). I can read those academic-style books because they are more focused on theory and less on hatred of me. But I had to cancel my Time subscription because after a certain point I couldn't hear any more attacks on my demographics. Every single issue there would be something about how Texans are racist or similar. Usually at least one hateful attack, but often multiple. The point is that there are definitely people like me who don't want to consume solely conservative material but are practically forced to due to the unending Two Minutes Hate-style propaganda in mainstream institutions. The conservative material shows bias, but at least it doesn't have hatred woven into every sentence.

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In a similar vein, but more acutely topical: Neutral vs Conservative: The Eternal Struggle https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservative-the-ete

by FeepingCreature 6y ago

edbob 6y ago
Thank you for the link. I've realized that I have a hunger for liberals that I can actually talk with. I like seeing new perspectives and sometimes learning things. Although these two articles are critical of other liberals, he still portrays a lot of liberal positions that are actually interesting when they're not framed with some variety of "conservatives are fascists bent on installing a dictator". I saw a book recently that was something like a Marxist Feminist interpretation of history, and I actually was pretty interested in reading it even though I might not agree with any of it. (I had already picked out five books, so I didn't buy it). I can read those academic-style books because they are more focused on theory and less on hatred of me. But I had to cancel my Time subscription because after a certain point I couldn't hear any more attacks on my demographics. Every single issue there would be something about how Texans are racist or similar. Usually at least one hateful attack, but often multiple. The point is that there are definitely people like me who don't want to consume solely conservative material but are practically forced to due to the unending Two Minutes Hate-style propaganda in mainstream institutions. The conservative material shows bias, but at least it doesn't have hatred woven into every sentence.