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Propaganda is going to happen... better to have it exposed and countered than for it to fester as "truth" because it aligns with your political views. Note: th
by tracker1 5y ago
Propaganda is going to happen... better to have it exposed and countered than for it to fester as "truth" because it aligns with your political views.
Note: this is not an endorsement or counter to the opinion on Bari Weiss, not familiar enough to comment. Only that blacklisting people and ideas is often not the best solution. It can feel justified and be expedient, but will emphatically lead to worse outcomes for society.
In general, there's too many hard lines drawn politically, and I'd rather see a return to some level of discourse, negotiation and compromise. IMO that's when the system is working at its' best. Not when anyone gets everything they want, but when opposing views work together to come up with solutions in compromise that lead to better.
- aklemm 5y agoThat's all true on the spectrum of reasonable, honest dialogue. Bari Weiss is in the group not being reasonable, while asking for reasonable (determined by intellectual honesty, not political leaning) people's time. Being tasked to reckon with the absurd and the deliberate muddling of issues is not, in my opinion, going to help much.