volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
#Trump supporters keep suggesting that critics of the guy have a knee-jerk reaction against any position he takes, because it couldn't possibly be that the criticisms were founded.
But it's funny to realize that so many of his supporters have a knee-jerk reaction to assume that he's right. In fact, they are explicit about this, talking about having faith in his judgment even if they don't understand it.
Funny how that works.
Maybe in the back of their minds they recognize their own prejudices and just project that onto everyone else.
Every once in awhile Trump's die hard supporters accidentally lay out the case for him being a failure and a loser.
They just lack the self-awareness to hear themselves saying it, as they only interpret things as confirming their biases.
It does remind me of the moment in Arrested Development where Lucille says her husband is no criminal mastermind as he can barely operate the paper shredder.
#BrianKilmeade: #NoKings?! You think #Trump is a king? If he was a king he wouldn't have been such a failure on this and this and this and this......
I've said #NoKings is terrible branding because the other side gets to just say, well right, we don't have a king. It's so easy to brush off.
So what are alternatives?
Well I think I would start with No Felons off the top of my head...
This is why I've been saying #NoKings suffers from terrible branding.
The branding makes it incredibly easy for folks outside of the choir to brush it off.
#ClayAndBuck: This weekend there were more No Kings protests, and they were wildly successful, as we don't have a king in the US.#USPolitics
The high profile conservatives setting policy for the US right now are just this stupid.
He really didn't realize that an island has set coordinates, that #Iran doesn't have to go to the Russians to figure out what the coordinates are.
#BrianKilmeade: #Russia gave #Iran the coordinates of our base on Diego Garcia, you see.#USPolitics
I'm not.
@volkris If you're on the side of the majority of the Supreme Court, I have nothing more to say to you. Bye.
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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