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Comment by senderista

14 days ago

I see leftists denying inconvenient facts just as much as rightists. It's just the inevitable product of a tribal mentality, the tribe doesn't matter.

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wrs  14 days ago

The joke is not about who denies facts, it’s about the absurdity of calling someone “biased” when they take the side of an argument that is better supported by reality, and about who tends to do that more often.

Cyphase  14 days ago

https://www.paulgraham.com/mod.html

> There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident. Intentional moderates are trimmers, deliberately choosing a position mid-way between the extremes of right and left. Accidental moderates end up in the middle, on average, because they make up their own minds about each question, and the far right and far left are roughly equally wrong.

  • theGnuMe  14 days ago

    I never liked this answer. Moderates could just be wrong.

    • senderista  14 days ago

      "Intentional moderate" is certainly just another tribe. Aiming squarely for the middle of the Overton window du jour is sort of a politician's job, but it shouldn't be emulated by others.

j_maffe  14 days ago

Way to go dismissing ideologies as mere tribalism. I'm sure that's a great way to just shut off your brain.