I really liked this article: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/05/pundits-baltimore?fsrc=nlw|newe|5-05-2015|
In essence it says that using current events simply to justify our point of view is "soft bigotry of lazy abstraction." As the column says
Good people of Hyde Park -- consider this a challenge. I admit that I don't and won't read every post in this forum, but for the next month, when I see someone forego the easy route of using an event to bolster their point of view, and instead providing useful thoughts and analysis, or even use it to lead to questions of their POV, I promise you rep (if there is a mass outbreak of this, I might get backlogged....that would be a nice problem to have!)
In essence it says that using current events simply to justify our point of view is "soft bigotry of lazy abstraction." As the column says
Good people of Hyde Park -- consider this a challenge. I admit that I don't and won't read every post in this forum, but for the next month, when I see someone forego the easy route of using an event to bolster their point of view, and instead providing useful thoughts and analysis, or even use it to lead to questions of their POV, I promise you rep (if there is a mass outbreak of this, I might get backlogged....that would be a nice problem to have!)
