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Ground News makes all news be about left versus right. It teaches its users to approach everything as a political battle. We have enough "left-leaning skeptics

Ground News makes all news be about left versus right. It teaches its users to approach everything as a political battle. We have enough "left-leaning skeptics" and "right-leaning skeptics", even some "neutral skeptics", but barely any skeptics. The word "skeptic" is poisoned by I will continue to use it. That's intentional.

wnc3141 1y ago
this NYT opinion piece from a few years back was impactful to my understanding about the destructive nature of such a false dichotomy - as it pertains to Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/trump-beirut-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/trump-beirut-poli... Essentially that in a state of sectarian politics, everything is political. > ..."During the course of the dinner, someone mentioned the unusual hailstorms that had pelted Beirut the previous two nights. Everyone offered an explanation for this extreme weather event, before Malcolm, tongue in cheek, asked his guests, “Do you think the Syrians did it?”...
gsf_emergency_2 1y ago
Skepticism is definitely quite Lindy.. That said, having it as the main tool in the toolbox* is... Something to be skeptical about? *Bundled up with another in-your-face one like "personal experience", this also screams "political".. and thus hard to take seriously (particularly when those personal experiences are actually relevant) Freshness- whatever. You probably already know fresh is somewhat popular, but are you really sure you want to be right but not loved? Be respected by your (fr)enemies maybe? Not even that? (I'm certainly skeptical about "loved for being right" :)
- alganet 1y ago
  What are you talking about? Get your arguments together, c'mon. I expect more.
  - gsf_emergency_2 1y ago
    That was no argument. Those were observations ;)
    - alganet 1y ago
      That's exausting. "It's not X, it's Y". Dictionary definition claims. Can't you grasp meaning? Even LLMs can.

wnc3141 1y ago

this NYT opinion piece from a few years back was impactful to my understanding about the destructive nature of such a false dichotomy - as it pertains to Lebanon https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/trump-beirut-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/09/opinion/trump-beirut-poli... Essentially that in a state of sectarian politics, everything is political. > ..."During the course of the dinner, someone mentioned the unusual hailstorms that had pelted Beirut the previous two nights. Everyone offered an explanation for this extreme weather event, before Malcolm, tongue in cheek, asked his guests, “Do you think the Syrians did it?”...

gsf_emergency_2 1y ago

Skepticism is definitely quite Lindy.. That said, having it as the main tool in the toolbox* is... Something to be skeptical about? *Bundled up with another in-your-face one like "personal experience", this also screams "political".. and thus hard to take seriously (particularly when those personal experiences are actually relevant) Freshness- whatever. You probably already know fresh is somewhat popular, but are you really sure you want to be right but not loved? Be respected by your (fr)enemies maybe? Not even that? (I'm certainly skeptical about "loved for being right" :)

alganet 1y ago
What are you talking about? Get your arguments together, c'mon. I expect more.
- gsf_emergency_2 1y ago
  That was no argument. Those were observations ;)
  - alganet 1y ago
    That's exausting. "It's not X, it's Y". Dictionary definition claims. Can't you grasp meaning? Even LLMs can.