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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some people are upset they are catching heat for expressing opinions that are clearly the product of ignorance, and often malicious ignorance.

If you are going to open your mouth and claim space in the public sphere, try to inform yourself first. No shame in asking questions or not being 100% informed, but stop pretending your half-baked uninformed opinion is worthy of some special deference or respect. [/quote]

Yeah right. "Just asking questions" are words used to ridicule and silence these days. It's literally a shaming phrase.

There is also the BS about not having the obligation to [b]"enact the labor"[/b] of informing someone of why you think they are misguided.

Unquestioned loyalty and obeisance are the only acceptable actions.[/quote]

Fair point, to a limit.

Some of these things have been settled a long time ago and don’t even warrant discussion anymore. For example, if you don’t want to inform yourself why poor people are also more likely to be fat now, don’t make a stupid song about it and pretend you’re some enlightened independent. [/quote]

I agree with you that there are limits as well, but such language is used with quite broad applicability in a time when words and meanings of terms change with alarming frequency and there often is not even unanimity of meaning among many who even use certain words or terms.

I guess the point is, increasingly is seems like very few things are "settled".[/quote]

Agreed. Like the right of women to control their own bodies, the right of children not to be blown to bits in their schools, or the right of people to have a say in their representative government. Nothing is settled anymore. We can thank one particular side for that, and in light of these existential threats, many people are less tolerant of the ignorant BS coming from the right wing that they may have casually explained away in prior years. We’ve all learned that, when you are dealing with amoral people who think they have God’s backing, none of it is harmless. [/quote]

Thank you! Somebody gets it.[/quote]

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