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I just want to point out that the stories seem to be about predominantly left-wing causes. I don't expect anyone in the right-wing free-speech faction to even k

by ttt0 6y ago

I just want to point out that the stories seem to be about predominantly left-wing causes. I don't expect anyone in the right-wing free-speech faction to even know about them, since 1. it was silenced, 2. it was probably talked about only in more obscure left-wing circles, that right-wingers are not a part of. It's unreasonable to assume that a right-winger would know about it, just like it is unreasonable to assume that a left-winger is going to know about all the silencing that goes on against the right-wing. It's the media blackouts we're talking about here. That's the entire point.

judge2020 6y ago
It's fairly unreasonable to assume everyone knows about all the issues on both sides. The current echo chambers make it hard to look at centralist/opposite-leaning news since it might ignite distaste for the reasoning that side uses (aka less dopamine gets fired when you read it compared to when reading from your favorite source), plus news sources that express completely opposite views aren't shared in your echo chamber circles in the first place since you probably don't follow or often talk with people who think opposite of you. But to address the left-wing causes on the site, It doesn't actually seem like they're partisan issues unless you're talking about the ones specifically about the previous administration, perhaps except for #22 (which boils down to 'we should tax the wealthy', aka something that was not censored, even if it was narrated against) and #6 which is specifically about a new national news source which is trying to deceive readers by appearing as a bunch of different local news sources. Obviously you might not agree with more but they don't seem to be strictly selecting left-wing articles for this top 25 list.
- ttt0 6y ago
  By saying that I didn't meant to attack them as such, but pretty much what you've said in the first paragraph.

by ttt0 6y ago

judge2020 6y ago

It's fairly unreasonable to assume everyone knows about all the issues on both sides. The current echo chambers make it hard to look at centralist/opposite-leaning news since it might ignite distaste for the reasoning that side uses (aka less dopamine gets fired when you read it compared to when reading from your favorite source), plus news sources that express completely opposite views aren't shared in your echo chamber circles in the first place since you probably don't follow or often talk with people who think opposite of you. But to address the left-wing causes on the site, It doesn't actually seem like they're partisan issues unless you're talking about the ones specifically about the previous administration, perhaps except for #22 (which boils down to 'we should tax the wealthy', aka something that was not censored, even if it was narrated against) and #6 which is specifically about a new national news source which is trying to deceive readers by appearing as a bunch of different local news sources. Obviously you might not agree with more but they don't seem to be strictly selecting left-wing articles for this top 25 list.

ttt0 6y ago
By saying that I didn't meant to attack them as such, but pretty much what you've said in the first paragraph.