• samus12345@lemmy.world
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            2 年前

            Sure, but the problem is that rather than arguing the finer points of how to combat climate change, for example, we have to argue about whether truth is truth.

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          Yes, because you’re so blinded by your indoctrination that you can’t accept the flaws of “your” side.

          • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works
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            2 年前

            “Climate change exists”

            “Religion shouldn’t allow governments to prevent basic healthcare needs”

            “January 6 was a failed insurrection”

            These are the things that the right calls indoctrination.

            And the hard left calls not important enough to bother voting.

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      Maybe I’m too naive, but I didn’t think they were referring to just politics. They were just referring to two people arguing.

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        You know, I think you’re right. I’m so used to the phrase “both sides” meaning a specific thing it didn’t register as anything else. If it had been phrased “both sides of an argument” I would have understood.

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        Does it normally refer to politics? Maybe for Americans, and they are responsible for a good deal of the English language content online. Right, and the 2 party system…

        I’m with you, though, both sides means both sides of an argument. I think the news had something on that a while back- for every climate scientist they interviewed, they had to also interview a climate denier to present a “fair and balanced” view XD