With everything, it matters *how* you 'both sides' an argument. As you point out, Cheryl, if it means actually considering all sides in a complicated conflict: How, on earth, could that be a bad thing? Demanding people set their position based on half the facts is absurd.
The bad kind of 'both sides'ing means never criticizing anyone — or…
With everything, it matters *how* you 'both sides' an argument. As you point out, Cheryl, if it means actually considering all sides in a complicated conflict: How, on earth, could that be a bad thing? Demanding people set their position based on half the facts is absurd.
The bad kind of 'both sides'ing means never criticizing anyone — or always criticizing everyone — and never taking a stance on anything.
But as you point out, actively advocating for peace is very much taking a side! Thanks for the comment.
With everything, it matters *how* you 'both sides' an argument. As you point out, Cheryl, if it means actually considering all sides in a complicated conflict: How, on earth, could that be a bad thing? Demanding people set their position based on half the facts is absurd.
The bad kind of 'both sides'ing means never criticizing anyone — or always criticizing everyone — and never taking a stance on anything.
But as you point out, actively advocating for peace is very much taking a side! Thanks for the comment.
Thank you Justin for your ongoing effort to make sense of the senseless! I appreciate you!