[bradlys]

I often wonder who the audience is for subjects like this. One where someone essentially is what I’d consider a shit stirrer. I’m referencing the articles by Amia - not the summarizations here.

Part of me thinks it’s maybe interesting to bring up to people who have a genuine openness and are unaware of such subjects. But then it feels like to even read a collection of said articles, you must be a bit in the know about these subjects already if not a complete nerd about them.

I’ve seen this type of “I’m just asking questions” talk in many places and it does feel disingenuous almost exclusively. It’s quite rare to see a completely balanced take where they have no idea what the correct solution is. It looks like in this collection, Amia does give their own opinions even though they say at times they don’t have any idea what is best. It rubs that it’s disingenuous.

The problem is that I’d like to send such things along to people I know to get them more informed about various subjects but when there’s a slant as evident here - I never want to. So annoying that everyone has to shove their opinion into everything even when they act like they’re not. Just own it.

[vacuity]

I think people should assume that authors don't provide balanced takes and read critically, but that might be asking too much. I don't really see the "I'm just asking questions" aspect. Do you have any examples?