You have a point there; a public platform is certainly different than an intra-family affair.
You’re right about the breadth of viewership being a potential problem. Many folks believe anything they read.
This is where I really hope that individual critical thinking will save us. Media outlets shouldn’t be sources where the consumer feels ok with believing everything they hear. I think if that were not the case deplatforming wouldn’t be as appealing of an option as it currently is for handling these situations.
Alas, I’m not confident that critical thinking is alive (much less well) when so many people apparently think along party lines.
Probably deplatforming Cliff was the right thing to do in the big picture.
You’re right about the breadth of viewership being a potential problem. Many folks believe anything they read.
This is where I really hope that individual critical thinking will save us. Media outlets shouldn’t be sources where the consumer feels ok with believing everything they hear. I think if that were not the case deplatforming wouldn’t be as appealing of an option as it currently is for handling these situations.
Alas, I’m not confident that critical thinking is alive (much less well) when so many people apparently think along party lines.
Probably deplatforming Cliff was the right thing to do in the big picture.