Former Facebook Workers: We Routinely Suppressed Conservative News

Post by chiaro » Wed, May 11, 2016, 3:05 AM UTC

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> non-economics social sciences skew more than 14-1 liberal to conservative isn't it so for every science? I mean it is only natural that the conservative views are displaced by education and scientific knowledge. That is almost by definition.

One of the fascinating things about that article I linked to is that it shows that this extreme bias has only existed since the 1990's. Before that time academia was moderately slanted to the left (a ratio of 2-1 or 3-1), but not to the severe extent. It's important to note that while conservative positions on some issues are objectively at odds with science (global warming comes to mind), there are plenty of liberal…

Post by marknutter » Wed, May 11, 2016, 11:36 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #340

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Found the racist

Please don't react to a bad comment by making the thread worse.

Post by chris_wot » Wed, May 11, 2016, 12:11 PM UTC

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Try looking it up first.

I did. Now please explain what you mean. Acting as though anyone who can not read your mind is some sort of mentally defective reject not worth bothering with is in rather poor taste.

Post by popmystack » Wed, May 11, 2016, 4:40 PM UTC

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Except for the fact that I would describe myself as a moderate. I can empathize with the desire and need for sensible tax cuts and smaller government, but I can't support a platform that is incoherent and hypocritical. EDIT: To add a little more substance. I think the incoherence stems from the fact that the current conservative alliance is formed from approximately 3 distinct groups, with different priorities. You h…

It isn't "incoherent and hypocritical" but gets portrayed that way. Some of that is messaging as the GOP is not very media savvy, but by and large, its people who have no desire to understand before reporting. [edit after the edit - please don't edit after someone has already replied - it makes the replier look bad] From the outside, Democrats can be viewed as a bunch of special interests under one tent. I find much…

Post by justratsinacoat » Wed, May 11, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

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Part of that might be that conservatives and moderates hear the liberal opinion expressed in so many out outlets that it is fairly easy to give an accurate answer where liberals hear what liberal outlets think conservatives think which is sensationalized to gain eyeballs. I was taught to be able to argue the other sides opinion as well because then you truly understand what you believe.

Or it could be due to the fact that the current conservative movement relies on deception to push it's agenda, which makes it difficult for the average lay person to even understand what they stand for. Tax cuts marketed as economic stimulus, attacks on regulations and consumer/environmental protections marketed as 'making government more efficient', racial oppression disguised as drug/crime laws, universal health ca…