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by duxup 2166 days ago
>rather than taking what's being said at face value

Should we?

I don't always do that, hard to imagine doing so all the time, you'd experience constant whiplash of opinions.

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> you'd experience constant whiplash of opinions

I don't understand this phrase. I certainly wouldn't describe what I experience when I take the time to consider things at face value as causing anything I'd describe as whiplash. Just because I attempt to evaluate what I read from another's perspective doesn't mean I give up my own in the meantime.

And I'm not advocating for that, especially given the amount of garbage on the Internet. But the pendulum has swung too far in one direction and many people are scared to voice their opinions for fear of being rejected or worse, outcast from their livelihood and their way of life.

What the writer is saying is that she no longer feels that The Times is unbiased. I don't see how that's a hard thing to take at face value.

> I don't see how that's a hard thing to take at face value.

How about I say the Times is unbiased.

Ok now what do we do? Do we take it at face value?

I might be misunderstanding what you mean, but it seems like you are in fact advocating ... 'that'.