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Does anyone else find the trope of journalists using "No, ..." headlines condescending to the point of being counterproductive? It feels like this is meant to g
by BitwiseFool 4y ago
Does anyone else find the trope of journalists using "No, ..." headlines condescending to the point of being counterproductive? It feels like this is meant to give a smug sense of satisfaction to people who already agree and it creates reactance for the people who actually stand to benefit from the alternate perspective.
- sieabahlpark 4y ago
- apendleton 4y agoIn general I'm inclined to agree, but in this particular case given Jacobin's ideological lean, I imagine they see their audience as being mostly either in the first camp or agnostic as to this issue, with vanishingly few people in the second camp.
- MuffinFlavored 4y agoI think the argument here is the alternate perspective (yes, I, a retail trader, could hypothetically turn a profit via options) isn’t realistic/viable. Who here can prove it wrong? :/