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Sadly, it seems the kind of caution you advocate is conspicuously absent from cable "news" punditry. Even worse, there are millions of viewers who feel that the
by caned 3y ago
Sadly, it seems the kind of caution you advocate is conspicuously absent from cable "news" punditry. Even worse, there are millions of viewers who feel that they are being informed by this kind of caustic debate.
- atoav 3y agoMany people value good rhetorics above the truth. And I say that as someone who has a high appreciation of good rhetorics.
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- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoMany people are more persuaded by rhetoric than truth. Which is a huge problem. It reduces politics to a high school popularity contest which excludes discussions of substance. Real experts lose the debate because they're not trained in rhetorical manipulation, and they can easily be demonised. The idea that experts with PhDs and decades of experience may have more skill and experience than an ordinary person offends the ignorant. ("You don't tell me what to do.") The result is popular support for disastrous self-harming policies.