Comment by thegrim33
2 days ago
You're claiming that your idea of 'X' is true, and for evidence of this, you're linking to a site that was created by people whose mission is to advocate for the idea of X.
Am I likely to be getting an impartial view of the situation from a source which solely exists to push X-related messaging?
Is such a group/site really going to give a fair shake to other theories Y and Z, or to conflicting data?
I care about fixing the housing shortage in the city I live in. I spend hundreds of hours as a volunteer, see a lot and read a lot. I'm pointing out what I see on the ground doing the work. And what I see is NIMBYs, not institutional investors or RealPage or 'foreigners' or whatever else the bogeyman du jour is.
If I were convinced the problem lay elsewhere, I would focus on that, because I don't have anything invested in the problem being a specific thing.
If you start digging into this issue you'll find every example you want. If you only challenge people you disagree with, you will remain wrong.
"You're claiming X is true, and providing me with a source you believe has good arguments for X being true. Very suspicious."