That’s like saying a prosecutor should also present the defense. It’s not their job. That’s yours. You need to judge how accurate the information is and find ways to verify it. Qs blindly accept any information their side presents without any attempt to critically assess its validity. They also ignore contrary information with similar effort. It’s what makes them so dangerous. A bad actor on “their side” can manipulate them simply by speaking. A good actor on the “other side” could be 100% factual with ample sourcing and citing and will never convince them of the truth.
Oh hey look, it’s a personal attack. That definitely doesn’t make me think that your argument is in bad faith.
Opinions don’t always need to advocate for both sides, presenting a sane and batshit arguments on equal footing is a huge problem in modern media and allowed a lot of Trump’s bullshit arguments to gain ground. I think that making an effort to devil’s advocate in arguments generally makes the argument read stronger but it isn’t required.
Is it a personal attack? They wrote it and don’t understand it’s expected in an argument that you include the counter argument and provide evidence why your position is correct.
meco03211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s like saying a prosecutor should also present the defense. It’s not their job. That’s yours. You need to judge how accurate the information is and find ways to verify it. Qs blindly accept any information their side presents without any attempt to critically assess its validity. They also ignore contrary information with similar effort. It’s what makes them so dangerous. A bad actor on “their side” can manipulate them simply by speaking. A good actor on the “other side” could be 100% factual with ample sourcing and citing and will never convince them of the truth.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Have you never written an academic paper. It seems like you’ve never written or even read anything academic in your life.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Oh hey look, it’s a personal attack. That definitely doesn’t make me think that your argument is in bad faith.
Opinions don’t always need to advocate for both sides, presenting a sane and batshit arguments on equal footing is a huge problem in modern media and allowed a lot of Trump’s bullshit arguments to gain ground. I think that making an effort to devil’s advocate in arguments generally makes the argument read stronger but it isn’t required.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Is it a personal attack? They wrote it and don’t understand it’s expected in an argument that you include the counter argument and provide evidence why your position is correct.
meco03211@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Ad hominem non sequitur? You’re going places.
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man, getting really worked up over this.
db2@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Found the bad actor. 👆
Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How am I bad actor?