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It’s fine to have a conservative leaning news channel. It’s not fine to spend so much of the time spreading lies.

• mindslight 2y ago
  Can we please please please stop labeling this political movement aiming to tear down our country's institutions as "conservative" ? It paints the agenda as some safe status quo option when it is actually plainly radical (ie the complete opposite of conservative). Realizing this pervasive mischaracterization also neatly explains the tone policing dynamic of contemporary college campuses. That isn't some "hyper" form of liberalism, but rather a straightforward conservative dynamic of keeping the ranks in line. The confusion comes from what college administrators are trying to conserve - the social mores they fought for and won as liberals a generation+ ago. And lest you think I'm just coming from left field here, Moldbug (upstream of much of today's "alt right") made a similar judgement when he rejected the approach of conservatism as doomed and labeled his own philosophy as reactionary.
  • throwaway314155 2y ago
    There are faaar better hills to die on, however correct you may be.
    • mindslight 2y ago
      I didn't sign myself up to die on a hill by writing a comment. If one person finds my framing useful, I've succeeded. It's obviously too late to change much of what's coming down the line, but getting our intellectual/memetic house in order is one of the first steps to reconstruction.
  • joshka 2y ago
    Maybe just learn to pronounce it with a very strong Australian accent. If you're missing the point, the first syllable rhymes with punt.