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Re: Some Americans are breaking out of political echo chambers

#961

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> When you're the default, you have representation in all media Not true. > there's no reason to believe that the character is anything except the most common case in society Not true. You are simply throwing out baseless assertions.

I’m going to go out on a limb, and guess you’re a straight white male from a middle class or upper middle class background, raised in a home that celebrates Christian high holidays, and have no major disabilities. I can tell this, because you’ve never considered what representation means to you. You crow about how being the default isn’t representation, but you have nothing to back that statement up except your hurt…

> I’m going to go out on a limb, and guess

Wrong. Looks like your psychic powers need a lot of work.

But thanks for further weakening your "case" with more baseless assertions.

Furthermore, I checked your profile and it looks like this describes your background. Ironic.

> I can tell this, because you’ve never considered what representation means to you.

1. This is a non-sequitur.

2. This is just some brazen projection on your part, as your comments in this discussion make clear. You're the one who comically equated population statistics with arts & media representation, which proves you haven't given much thought to the matter at all.

> how being the default isn’t representation

The point is that it isn't the default in film. Maybe take a deep breath and try reading the thread again?

> you have nothing to back that statement up except your hurt feelings, because it doesn’t even hold up to even a cursorily examination

More brazen projection on your part, given that you've been utterly unable to substantiate any of your baseless claims, despite being prompted multiple (!) times to do so, not just by me.

> it doesn’t even hold up to even a cursorily examination of popular culture, or history

Oh boy. Are you really going to claim that arts & media representation has always reflected population statistics? Your claims just keep getting more bizarre.

Re: Some Americans are breaking out of political echo chambers

#962

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What do you mean by "people's actions"? If you mean voting, well, Democrats and Republicans get about the same number of votes in presidential elections, which does not seem to justify your view that "left" media bias just reflects the political leaning of the average American.

Except Democrats have been consistently beating Republicans in presidential elections. Click the links. Go back further if you want to. The Republican candidate has won the popular vote exactly once (in 2004) since 1990.

The Presidential election popular vote margin has not gone over 10 million votes in over three decades now, in a country that has averaged about 300 million residents over that time span. These are not margins that support the idea that the population as a whole skews left as much as mainstream media skews left.

Re: Some Americans are breaking out of political echo chambers

#963

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I’m going to go out on a limb, and guess you’re a straight white male from a middle class or upper middle class background, raised in a home that celebrates Christian high holidays, and have no major disabilities. I can tell this, because you’ve never considered what representation means to you. You crow about how being the default isn’t representation, but you have nothing to back that statement up except your hurt…

> I’m going to go out on a limb, and guess Wrong. Looks like your psychic powers need a lot of work. But thanks for further weakening your "case" with more baseless assertions. Furthermore, I checked your profile and it looks like this describes your background. Ironic. > I can tell this, because you’ve never considered what representation means to you. 1. This is a non-sequitur. 2. This is just some brazen projectio…

I do love how you’re just talking in circles. You must think of yourself as very smart, but your refusal to actually engage in the discussion shows you’re just a proudly ignorant troll trying to culture war to stoke a sense of victimization.

I’d wish you’d luck, but I honestly don’t care about irrelevant people.

Re: Some Americans are breaking out of political echo chambers

#964

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I’m going to go out on a limb, and guess Wrong. Looks like your psychic powers need a lot of work. But thanks for further weakening your "case" with more baseless assertions. Furthermore, I checked your profile and it looks like this describes your background. Ironic. > I can tell this, because you’ve never considered what representation means to you. 1. This is a non-sequitur. 2. This is just some brazen projectio…

I do love how you’re just talking in circles. You must think of yourself as very smart, but your refusal to actually engage in the discussion shows you’re just a proudly ignorant troll trying to culture war to stoke a sense of victimization. I’d wish you’d luck, but I honestly don’t care about irrelevant people.

More name-calling?

I accept your concession.

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