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Whether you agree or not, referring to something generic like this as paternalistic is actually condescending. Let's be careful with the name calling.
by paul_f 6y ago
Whether you agree or not, referring to something generic like this as paternalistic is actually condescending. Let's be careful with the name calling.
- readflaggedcomm 6y agoI would gladly call them names all day long. And I have, but not there. "Paternalistic" strictly (and accurately) describes an assertion whereby society's coherence depends on benefactors in glass towers and Greek revival plantations. Not only is their presumption false, it's insulting in a specific, elitist way. There is nothing generic about the priors embedded in this listicle to lead them to conclude that the media must bolster the poor, downtrodden CEOs to keep society's glue from dissolving. I took the high road here, they did not.
- paul_f 6y agoHuh, nevermind, I honestly did not know that definition of paternalistic. My bad, sorry