ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.eebanned_from_community_badge to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前What sounds like a double standard but isn't?message-squaremessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.eebanned_from_community_badge to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square84linkfedilink
minus-squareSquorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59arrow-down1·1 年前Not giving both sides of an argument your platform to opine on if one of the sides is plainly bigoted and/or anti-scientific
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·1 年前“Joe Rogan presents both sides of the vaccine debate!” Joe Rogan may have brought two different opinions; he did not bring on a proportional number representing the actual consensus. Which would be like 99 vaccine scientists and infectious disease specialists for every loony.
minus-squaretmyakal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Not every argument has two sides. Some have five sides. Some have one side. Pigeonholing everything into a duality hampers our ability to understand nuance. But I guess it does make for better television.
Not giving both sides of an argument your platform to opine on if one of the sides is plainly bigoted and/or anti-scientific
“Joe Rogan presents both sides of the vaccine debate!”
Joe Rogan may have brought two different opinions; he did not bring on a proportional number representing the actual consensus.
Which would be like 99 vaccine scientists and infectious disease specialists for every loony.
Not every argument has two sides. Some have five sides. Some have one side. Pigeonholing everything into a duality hampers our ability to understand nuance.
But I guess it does make for better television.