tweeps: there’s a huge gulf between …. the quality of debate & discussion I see on here - and …: the reasoning from many of the paid opinionists in U.K. broadsheet press +
+ I follow liberals, Liberals, leftists, anarchists, Tories, self-described centrists and people I’ve no label for. A few professional opinionists but most have other jobs/pastimes.
I find the quality of thinking (& the honesty about what isn’t known) humbling. +
I find the quality of thinking (& the honesty about what isn’t known) humbling. +
+ of course there grandstanding and bs and even some bad faith.
But if I log on - I find dozens of thoughtful tweets, often showing an angle or a data point I hadn’t seen. Hundreds of people willing to expose themselves to rebuttal, disagreement… +
But if I log on - I find dozens of thoughtful tweets, often showing an angle or a data point I hadn’t seen. Hundreds of people willing to expose themselves to rebuttal, disagreement… +
+ maybe it’s because my tweeps *aren’t* (mostly) insiders. Maybe it’s the medium. I D K. //
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