> First of all, approximately no one does it anyway - one would have to take effort finding out sources from opposite ends of political spectrum It's enough to

> First of all, approximately no one does it anyway - one would have to take effort finding out sources from opposite ends of political spectrum It's enough to just read a proper newspaper regularly. There will be content written by a variety of people, so you'll automatically be exposed to different opinions, It doesn't need to be the full spectrum, even. > You just expended twice the energy to read twice the amount of lies Are you claiming that all news sources publish lies exclusively here…? Other than that, opinions don't need to cancel each other out. You just need to be aware of a different view on things to even consider that some other viewpoint might resonate with you more. If you only ever heard, say, abortion opponents, their arguments may seem reasonable and sound to you, so much that you don't question their claim to be right; but the moment you get exposed to critical voices, you're in the position to even decide which side's arguments convince you. If, instead, you opt to just blindfold yourself, you stop participating in democratic processes—which is a civic duty—and let other people decide for you. Every human has beliefs, compassion, morals, a sense of what's right and wrong. If we don't fight (intellectually) for those, we can equally well just drop them altogether.