[lurking15]

> For example, it'd be useless for me to follow a news outlet that downplays the importance of democracy.

You seem to be pretty strident and inflexible in your thinking, so at least you recognize that you're unable to read anything that challenges your rigid precepts and offers an opportunity to expand your mind or engage in a real exchange of ideas.

And please spare me the predictable response, because it's clear that you don't care about democracy exactly, like so many others nowadays, it's an amorphous stand-in that allows you to thoughtlessly discard opposition.

[j_maffe]

I said I wouldn't follow a news outlet. That doesn't mean I wouldn't entertain any opinions or arguments that challenge my own.

> And please spare me the predictable response, because it's clear that you don't care about democracy exactly.

I will save myself writing your own words for you:

> You seem to be pretty strident and inflexible in your thinking,