• Xer0@lemmy.ml
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          11 months ago

          Nothing wrong with accepting that both sides of anything have good and bad shit going on. I couldn’t imagine just blindly following one side 100% even when they can also do questionable stuff.

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            11 months ago

            Sure, but the problem is that rather than arguing the finer points of how to combat climate change, for example, we have to argue about whether truth is truth.

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          11 months ago

          Yes, because you’re so blinded by your indoctrination that you can’t accept the flaws of “your” side.

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            11 months ago

            “Climate change exists”

            “Religion shouldn’t allow governments to prevent basic healthcare needs”

            “January 6 was a failed insurrection”

            These are the things that the right calls indoctrination.

            And the hard left calls not important enough to bother voting.

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      11 months ago

      Maybe I’m too naive, but I didn’t think they were referring to just politics. They were just referring to two people arguing.

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        11 months ago

        You know, I think you’re right. I’m so used to the phrase “both sides” meaning a specific thing it didn’t register as anything else. If it had been phrased “both sides of an argument” I would have understood.

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        11 months ago

        Does it normally refer to politics? Maybe for Americans, and they are responsible for a good deal of the English language content online. Right, and the 2 party system…

        I’m with you, though, both sides means both sides of an argument. I think the news had something on that a while back- for every climate scientist they interviewed, they had to also interview a climate denier to present a “fair and balanced” view XD