ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down15
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat sounds like a double standard but isn't?ShiverMeTimbers@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareSquorlple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·3 days agoNot giving both sides of an argument your platform to opine on if one of the sides is plainly bigoted and/or anti-scientific
minus-squaretmyakal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoNot 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.
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days ago“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 giving both sides of an argument your platform to opine on if one of the sides is plainly bigoted and/or anti-scientific
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.
“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.