> if it repeats something we've already heard many times - memes, politicized talking points, etc. - it's not critical thinking This seems to be the modern def

> if it repeats something we've already heard many times - memes, politicized talking points, etc. - it's not critical thinking This seems to be the modern default of online political arguments. Everyone spams their rehearsed talking points without any real engagement of what was being said. They may quote opponents, but the refutations often to have little or nothing to do with what was being refuted. Then again, public debates have never had truth-finding as a goal: they’ve always been exhibitions to rally your base. Changing minds happens at the private scale.