A thought
Without going into details, there's a certain, shall we say, political issue of the day on which many of my peers take position A. Given various parts of my worldview and ethical standards--call those X--together with some of the similar political opinions I share with my peers, I, too, tend towards position A. Many other people happen to hold position B, which is (when suitably defined, essentially) incompatible with A, and so, debates between A and B tend to dominate the discourse.
Journalists covering this debate will tend to say things like "well, a lot of people (like my peers) are supporting A, but then, there are also a lot of people supporting B! People supporting A cite reasons such as Y, whereas people supporting B cite reasons such as X. It's an exciting debate! Tune in next time for more from our hard-hitting sources!"
When I'm sitting here going A, to some extent because of X. I might as well not exist to these people and that...disappoints me.
But! This is my breakthrough thought. I always thought people like me (and I am far from alone) who follow X to arrive at A are just too...uncool or invisible to the media. However, maybe it's just that the media is afraid of pointing out the X->As, because if you accept that X doesn't necessarily support B, then B has basically nothing to stand on. And the contemporary media faces a pressure to be somewhat "balanced" when covering different factions (false equivalencies...this has come up with, say, Republicans being less willing to compromise than Democrats in budget negotiations, but no one wants to admit it because "the Republicans are unhelpful and the Democrats are at least making an effort" is no fun).
So, as my existence demonstrates, the Bs' argument is incoherent. And they are losing. Whether or not anyone knows I exist, we are at least moving in the right direction.
Journalists covering this debate will tend to say things like "well, a lot of people (like my peers) are supporting A, but then, there are also a lot of people supporting B! People supporting A cite reasons such as Y, whereas people supporting B cite reasons such as X. It's an exciting debate! Tune in next time for more from our hard-hitting sources!"
When I'm sitting here going A, to some extent because of X. I might as well not exist to these people and that...disappoints me.
But! This is my breakthrough thought. I always thought people like me (and I am far from alone) who follow X to arrive at A are just too...uncool or invisible to the media. However, maybe it's just that the media is afraid of pointing out the X->As, because if you accept that X doesn't necessarily support B, then B has basically nothing to stand on. And the contemporary media faces a pressure to be somewhat "balanced" when covering different factions (false equivalencies...this has come up with, say, Republicans being less willing to compromise than Democrats in budget negotiations, but no one wants to admit it because "the Republicans are unhelpful and the Democrats are at least making an effort" is no fun).
So, as my existence demonstrates, the Bs' argument is incoherent. And they are losing. Whether or not anyone knows I exist, we are at least moving in the right direction.