Rogan v Bernie S

Sad!

And I am not even thinking about media types or famous people...

 

/s/dude who just pretended to know where @ATLGATORFAN gets ALL his info from based on posting an enormously popular podcast...

PS--"go eat noodles"? Lol

Don't think I'll be borrowing that lameness any time soon.

 

Go eat shit instead then? Jeez so picky.

 

That’s funny right there.

 

I find it interesting that both of you accused the other of being in an echo chamber and also criticized the other for making the same claim back.

I am no expert on you or anyone, but I would say that there isn’t a poster on here, myself included, who couldn’t benefit from more honestly listening to opposing perspectives.

Why is it that you see this interview as humiliating to Bernie, and others thought it was a good interview? This question deserves real consideration. The answer could be because those other guys are biased, but if that is our answer every time, we’re are assuredly biased ourselves.

 

I think anyone posting here gets an "opposing perspective" of some sort, and I think the main 'benefit' to that is that it tends to increase partisanship or ideological commitments - negative polarization. 'Low information voters' are the least committed and most persuadable people.

 

You’re right, wgb, that if we force a MAGA supporter to watch Rachel Maddow, they will likely come away more entrenched in their own opinion. That’s not what I’m advocating though.

I am suggesting we should better consider why these people came to divergent beliefs. Looking at this forum, I see that the most frequent answers fall into the holy triumvirate: Those people are either stupid, evil, or crazy. Logically, these can’t be the only options, but more importantly, if we allow ourselves to be satisfied with these explanations, we will never progress.