Ken WhiteI realized what makes Mastodon, and Bluesky, and Post, and Notes seem so odd. It’s the complete absence of the “if you won’t pretend this shit sandwich is sirloin it shows how biased you are/how much Trump broke you/what an echo chamber you’re in.”
imbou@Popehat the other day someone was complaining about a podcast I listen to saying that he doesn’t want only people he agrees with and wants more people from the right. Giving air time to nazis, homophobes and xenophobes isn’t centrism it’s false equivalence. I understand wanting a deeper understanding of issues with people who understand what makes the nazis tick but inviting Nazis? Hello no.
@imbou There are people who think that anyone on the right is a Nazi, homophobe, xenophobe. You don’t have to listen to those people. You can find rational people who disagree with you without diving into the sewer.
SweynForkbeard@Popehat @imbou If you want voices from the right, read George Will. Read David Brooks. Read “Reflections on the Revolution in France.” Don’t engage with resentful, xenophobic, racist, paranoid, ethno-nationalist, conspiracy-mongers. The latter won’t effectively challenge your beliefs—just your sanity.
@SweynForkbeard @Popehat the problem is that George Will isn’t the right anymore. He is way left of the current right, I have no problem engaging him but he isn’t representative of what is driving the GOO right now, he is now an anomaly. My definition of the far right doesn’t and never included those people. Hell for many on the far left they consider me far right because I am slightly right of center on business issues. I don’t paint everyone with such broad brushes.
Russell Neches@Popehat @imbou If you want to understand smallpox, infecting yourself with smallpox might give you some personal insight, but isn't going to give you as much understanding as simply reading the vast literature of writing by people who study smallpox. Same applies to fascism.
You shouldn't invite Nazis onto your podcast for the same reason you shouldn't expose your audience to smallpox. Not all learning needs to be experiential.
Michael@Popehat the rational conservatives are now the RINo’s they aren’t the ones driving the agenda. Those people have been marginalized. I am not doing the exaggeration of calling say a Mitt Romney or a John McCain that. I am talking the guys whose leader is Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson.
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