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I think we all already know this (or at least pretend to). But let's have a talk about it:
It's a common complaint by those that hold the minority view that their views are being discriminated against by the mass media and/or the educational system. There are ways to do this right, but there's also ways to do this absolutely fucking wrong. I want to focus on the latter.
A short summary of my stance on "equal sided reporting," as it's called (by me, just now), is that giving equal weight to two sides: one which is supported by a mountain of evidence and the other with little to back it up, is that you are basically putting your thumb on the scale on the side of the retard position. An obvious example of this would be evolution vs. creation. Most of the evidence we have supports the former and, in some cases, actually refutes the latter. So it's pretty plain to most people that, if we see a documentary/book/etc. attempting to say they are both on equal footing, said medium is heavily biased in favor of creation. Perhaps you could find some incidences where creation might be a better fit than the evolutionary model, but a gram of evidence for one side doesn't outweigh a metric fuckton of evidence to the contrary. When you hold the minority view, you are fighting an uphill battle. This is something you already know though.
This general principle can be applied to any fringe idea. We can apply it to climate change. We can apply it to race. we can even apply it to gender... which gets to my next point:
Sometimes, the establishment really is actively suppressing a correct idea. It's happened in the past. There's no reason to think it's not happening now nor is it reasonable to think it won't happen in the future. But crying about how you're not getting representation puts you in the same lot as those wanting creationism taught in schools.
Educate yourself. Learn the ins and outs of discourse. Just don't be a sperg when your ideas aren't immediately accepted as equal to those that have been established. It makes you look dumb.
It's a common complaint by those that hold the minority view that their views are being discriminated against by the mass media and/or the educational system. There are ways to do this right, but there's also ways to do this absolutely fucking wrong. I want to focus on the latter.
A short summary of my stance on "equal sided reporting," as it's called (by me, just now), is that giving equal weight to two sides: one which is supported by a mountain of evidence and the other with little to back it up, is that you are basically putting your thumb on the scale on the side of the retard position. An obvious example of this would be evolution vs. creation. Most of the evidence we have supports the former and, in some cases, actually refutes the latter. So it's pretty plain to most people that, if we see a documentary/book/etc. attempting to say they are both on equal footing, said medium is heavily biased in favor of creation. Perhaps you could find some incidences where creation might be a better fit than the evolutionary model, but a gram of evidence for one side doesn't outweigh a metric fuckton of evidence to the contrary. When you hold the minority view, you are fighting an uphill battle. This is something you already know though.
This general principle can be applied to any fringe idea. We can apply it to climate change. We can apply it to race. we can even apply it to gender... which gets to my next point:
Sometimes, the establishment really is actively suppressing a correct idea. It's happened in the past. There's no reason to think it's not happening now nor is it reasonable to think it won't happen in the future. But crying about how you're not getting representation puts you in the same lot as those wanting creationism taught in schools.
Educate yourself. Learn the ins and outs of discourse. Just don't be a sperg when your ideas aren't immediately accepted as equal to those that have been established. It makes you look dumb.
