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by bleepblorp 2026 days ago
Yes, of course. If one side wants to behead a scientist for talking about reality and the other side thinks the same scientist should guide policy, we should carefully listen to both sides, and then compromise by cutting the scientist's fingers off. I am very smart.

Not all views have equal value. Giving equal consideration to crackpots and con artists (e.g. flat eathers, alternative medicine advocates, climate change deniers, COVID deniers, antivaxx advocates, election results deniers) only benefits the crackpots and con artists.

Reality matters; promoting a false balance[0] only helps those people who object to reality for dubious reasons.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance

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You are exactly the target audience for these outlets.