Just hide the problem!
"Google, how do I calculate the circumference of a sphere?"
"Sign up for online math classes with University of Arizona today!"
You might want to rethink your source for this. Fox is not even remotely credible. They regularly publish false information and then bury retractions. They're just the propaganda arm of the GOP.
Here is an Associated Press article on the inflation misinformation Biden is pushing.
Why have I not heard about orca salmon hats until now? This should be first year biology stuff.
'Fiefdom' is a domain of a feudal lord, which would not be anarchist, by any definition.
If you simply mean that different groups with different sets of rules and outlooks exist, then sure, but that is abstract enough not to really be specific to the Fediverse; most other social media platforms also have some form of private groups too.
Setting aside the sad man that is Peterson, this rhetoric has always existed in some form throughout history as a way to shut down criticism.
Whether through 'whatabout-ism' (which points out issues on the side of the criticizer in order to assert their lack of ground to criticize), or through claims of lack of experience or knowledge (which must be 'made up for' to whatever extent the dismiss-er feels is warranted before they will accept criticism, which is probably never), this rhetorical device is just a trick to discount and dismiss.
The CurrentAffairs author seems to be taking this claim at face value, insomuch as they spend much more time attempting to validate Marx, rather than discussing the bad-faith employment of this argumentation.
Instead of devoting a whole article to attempting to somehow disprove the relevance of literal cleanliness to political acumen or the 'right' to speak on politics, it might have been better spent examining the purpose of these types of claims, or the mechanisms by which they function. There is one line- the literal last line of the article- in which "ad hominem" is said; it should not take that long, or require that much prefatory work, to name "I (selectively) don't listen to you because your room/body/desk/life is dirty" as such.
Yeah, if you read Unicorn Riot or The Intercept, you oddly don't run into this issue... I wonder why?
My news site list nowadays is
- AP, whose coverage of Gaza and the protests has usually been well above a "passing grade" for me
- Al Jazeera, who is obviously and very overtly biased, but has a wide range of world news, and has a lot of good opinion contributors
- The Intercept
- Unicorn Riot
- The Hill, because I feel it's important for me to see how The State views itself and actions within it
- Hacker News, for tech stuff
- Gaming news sites
I used to check CNN and Fox to see 'what the enemy is doing', but frankly it's entirely predictable what stances they're pushing on any given subject, and it's frustrating to the point of exhaustion to read it without being able to scream at those responsible.
Also, kudos to Time for publishing actual student coverage of the protests.
Nothing bizarre about that, right wing chuds have had those "if you don't love America, LEAVE", and, "if this flag offends you, I'll help you pack" shirts and bumper stickers for ages.
Just the usual "obedience as patriotism" shtick that bootlickers do.
That could work if these firms were somehow competitors, but these aren't Sony-aligned studios they're buying, these are studios that were releasing games on Xbox.
This is definitely a case of, "what makes stock line go up? New games, Big names, More stuff!" Then later, "uh oh, did that and stock price not going up. Layoffs mean less cost, now stock line go up again!"
The real question is, is that air defense only against UAVs and missiles, or does it also apply to manned aircraft?
Just hide the problem! (round 2)