So often in online discussions about politics, diversity, oppression and representation, the marginalised are asked to explain themselves.
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By which I mean: to explain, in detail, answering every question raised by their interlocutor, things that could more easily be Googled.
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What makes this even more bizarre is the tendency of conservatives to simultaneously demand we provide sources while refusing to trust them.
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And that, right there, is why they tend to respond with hostility to suggestions that they self-educate, self-Google or read a damn link:
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Because they've already decided that "liberal" sources - particular newspapers, journalists, websites, institutions - can't be trusted.
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Which why they're asking *you* to explain - in a perverse way, they're looking for an unbiased source; they just don't trust YOUR sources.
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Even if they can't articulate the desire, what they really want is for you to prove your point independent of facts, via rhetoric alone.
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Which pretty much sums up a core aspect of the current problem: namely, that one side frequently considers using citations "cheating".
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An argument I've had: Them: You sound like you're just reading talking points from [newspaper]! Me: Yes? Because THAT'S WHERE THE FACTS ARE.
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But they don't want facts. They want RHETORIC, but of a very specific, non-factual kind. They want to FEEL persuaded, not to reason it out.
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At the same time, there's a conservative subset that, through a mix of malice, ignorance & sheer stubbornness, can't evaluate sources.
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I'm not saying the left never muddles, fudges or fucks up its sources; clearly, that happens. But at the same time: https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-fight-against-fake-news-was-undercut-by-fear-1788808204 …
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Which is why so many FB fights abt recent politics get SO FRUSTRATING: you're debating people asking an impossible burden of proof -
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