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Wouldn’t be an NPR blog post without bringing up colonialism, and sure enough, there it is.

throwaway894345 5y ago
Yeah, I remember being a proud NPR listener back before they went off the deep end. I’m still hoping it’s a phase they grow out of.
- president 5y ago
  I realized this too, then realized all of their sponsored segments are left leaning organizations and foundations.
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    Pretty sure that was also the case before they found religion.
  - teachrdan 5y ago
    Do you have any data to back up this assertion? The latest list of sponsors I've found, from 2019, shows these companies in the $1,000,000+ category. Can you spot a single one that is "left leaning"? (I'm tempted to make a bad joke here about a misunderstanding around the name "Progressive Insurance".) Angie’s List General Motors Corporation Lumber Liquidators Northwestern Mutual Foundation Novo Nordisk Progressive Casualty Insurance Company Prudential Financial State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company https://media.npr.org/documents/about/annualreports/NPRSponsorsDonors08.pdf https://media.npr.org/documents/about/annualreports/NPRSpons...
- sg47 5y ago
  Maybe it's because the right wing has gone off the deep end trying to do coups because they can't win elections legally.
  - throwaway894345 5y ago
    I think you ventured into the wrong thread. I’m not sure how your comment could possibly relate to mine, anyway.
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pell 5y ago
Comments like these make it appear as if colonialism was just “forced” into an article where it shouldn’t belong. However, reading the actual segment, it seems that it’s not really that out of place at all. It’s talking about how locations for parks came to be and is also offering some references to native tribes and nature.
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adenozine 5y ago
Wouldn't be a HN comment without a hand-waving dismissal of an incredibly nuanced and historically complex topic due to a perceived inconvenience of frequent observation. If there was any light where your head is, you'd see your last meal.
onesafari 5y ago
That was jarring I have to admit. 3 of the 4 sections are injecting unrelated political or religious incantations? By the end I almost forgot what the article was supposed to be about.
harpersealtako 5y ago
Yeah, I was surprised at how in a story about the benefits and challenges of fitting nature into modern lifestyles, one of the four points was "don't forget about colonialism" and another was "try segregating into identity groups". It seems at least a little bit shoehorned in, and it's clear I'm not the only one who was at least a little turned off by it.
gnulinux 5y ago
What is the point of being frustrated by referencing important things. For most of the world, colonialism is one of the most important things that ever happened, as it directly affected most of the humans alive. Would you be similarly frustrated if an article on recent history references WW2?

Yeah, I remember being a proud NPR listener back before they went off the deep end. I’m still hoping it’s a phase they grow out of.

president 5y ago
I realized this too, then realized all of their sponsored segments are left leaning organizations and foundations.
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  Pretty sure that was also the case before they found religion.
- teachrdan 5y ago
  Do you have any data to back up this assertion? The latest list of sponsors I've found, from 2019, shows these companies in the $1,000,000+ category. Can you spot a single one that is "left leaning"? (I'm tempted to make a bad joke here about a misunderstanding around the name "Progressive Insurance".) Angie’s List General Motors Corporation Lumber Liquidators Northwestern Mutual Foundation Novo Nordisk Progressive Casualty Insurance Company Prudential Financial State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company https://media.npr.org/documents/about/annualreports/NPRSponsorsDonors08.pdf https://media.npr.org/documents/about/annualreports/NPRSpons...
sg47 5y ago
Maybe it's because the right wing has gone off the deep end trying to do coups because they can't win elections legally.
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  I think you ventured into the wrong thread. I’m not sure how your comment could possibly relate to mine, anyway.

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pell 5y ago

Comments like these make it appear as if colonialism was just “forced” into an article where it shouldn’t belong. However, reading the actual segment, it seems that it’s not really that out of place at all. It’s talking about how locations for parks came to be and is also offering some references to native tribes and nature.

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adenozine 5y ago

Wouldn't be a HN comment without a hand-waving dismissal of an incredibly nuanced and historically complex topic due to a perceived inconvenience of frequent observation. If there was any light where your head is, you'd see your last meal.

onesafari 5y ago

That was jarring I have to admit. 3 of the 4 sections are injecting unrelated political or religious incantations? By the end I almost forgot what the article was supposed to be about.

harpersealtako 5y ago

Yeah, I was surprised at how in a story about the benefits and challenges of fitting nature into modern lifestyles, one of the four points was "don't forget about colonialism" and another was "try segregating into identity groups". It seems at least a little bit shoehorned in, and it's clear I'm not the only one who was at least a little turned off by it.

gnulinux 5y ago

What is the point of being frustrated by referencing important things. For most of the world, colonialism is one of the most important things that ever happened, as it directly affected most of the humans alive. Would you be similarly frustrated if an article on recent history references WW2?