We weren’t just losing conservatives; we were also losing moderates and traditional liberals.
This is everyone. Im not sure I believe the center has dropped out, so much as the loudest people aren’t really interested in talking to anyone about things. It seems like it’s more important to let people know where you stand than to have an exchange of views. This is built on fear of extremism, fight fire with fire. I don’t agree that just posting more diverse viewpoints would help without also stressing the important institutional and social guardrails that ensure people have fundamental rights and a real voice. The fear is that these guardrails are coming off, and then safety is in picking a side (which of course the removal of guardrails). If this guy is so sure that’s not the case, he needs to be making that argument publicly.
I’m not a super marginalized person and probably have a lot in common with the author, but I am a woman and maybe that’s why I feel it’s reality that’s radicalizing people, not some top down policy at NPR.
This is everyone. Im not sure I believe the center has dropped out, so much as the loudest people aren’t really interested in talking to anyone about things. It seems like it’s more important to let people know where you stand than to have an exchange of views. This is built on fear of extremism, fight fire with fire. I don’t agree that just posting more diverse viewpoints would help without also stressing the important institutional and social guardrails that ensure people have fundamental rights and a real voice. The fear is that these guardrails are coming off, and then safety is in picking a side (which of course the removal of guardrails). If this guy is so sure that’s not the case, he needs to be making that argument publicly.
I’m not a super marginalized person and probably have a lot in common with the author, but I am a woman and maybe that’s why I feel it’s reality that’s radicalizing people, not some top down policy at NPR.