I’m not sure that I follow here. I agree with your initial statement but I don’t think the Dem primary is the proper example.I gotta say, among people I follow, read etc especially on social media, the idea their views are unquestionable because of their ideological alignment has become the norm. I actually find myself yearning for contrarian views like the Loury/McWhorter video, because they make some points that are obviously worth debating at the least, but are dismissed out of hand because of ideological labels.
This isn’t to say I’m sympathetic to new MAGA ecosphere at all, but there is a desperate need for contrarian views in current environment. Otherwise you end up in a situation where popular social media views are completely unaligned with the general public (see the Dem primary)
How come? I think you'd come off with an overwhelming impression that the primary would result in a Bernie landslide, if you only followed politics via Twitter.I’m not sure that I follow here. I agree with your initial statement but I don’t think the Dem primary is the proper example.
I study them only because I know they’re being weaponized and we have to challenge disingenuous clowns who use racist talking points behind black contrarian troll faces.I gotta say, among people I follow, read etc especially on social media, the idea their views are unquestionable because of their ideological alignment has become the norm. I actually find myself yearning for contrarian views like the Loury/McWhorter video, because they make some points that are obviously worth debating at the least, but are dismissed out of hand because of ideological labels.
This isn’t to say I’m sympathetic to new MAGA ecosphere at all, but there is a desperate need for contrarian views in current environment. Otherwise you end up in a situation where popular social media views are completely unaligned with the general public (see the Dem primary)
I think you’re conflating the policy people like with their belief in the efficacy of electing someone who can get it done. Cornel West recently said one of the things that will have to be reconciled after the Democratic Primary is why the most progressive demographic didn’t vote for the two most progressive candidates (Warren and Sanders). And I think to answer that you have to dig much deeper than the internet not reflecting what people really believe. All of those progressive ideas poll extremely well with the demographic base. But what percentage of that base believes it can be done? And does the messaging on social media in any way compare to the monopoly of the opposite thought major cable news networks and core DNC advocacy groups? I don’t think it’s as simple as online groupthink making one believe that issues or people are more popular than they are. The crowds Sanders and Warren drew were real people, so was the record fundraising. All the polls said their ideas were popular and they still lost. It’s really a case of all the data being irrelevant if it’s not measuring what the election is going to be about. In the end, it was about Trump and Joe Biden was old reliable. The internet reflecting the opposite is because social media skews younger.How come? I think you'd come off with an overwhelming impression that the primary would result in a Bernie landslide, if you only followed politics via Twitter.
He's mixed. His writing is incredibly mediocre - and he has a big chip on his shoulder for not being accepted for being a right-wing Black person.I only know Chatteron Williams from the NY Times, he had some cool articles here and there, I didn't even know he was conservative. Or black.