“On Campus,” says the article at the link.
(I actually clicked on the post because I was curious about “echo chambers on camps,” though. A new activity for the Cub Scouts?)
Pretty good article. It’s a commonplace observation that a leftist can go through his entire life without being exposed to contrary opinions from any reasonable people. However, with the growth of more specialized media, it is becoming easier for people of any strain of ideology to block out anything with which they might disagree.
The NY Times wrote this?
Are they starting to see the monster they created getting a bit out of their control?
Still working against Trump, eh, SampleMan?
FreeRepublic is not immune from this sweeping cultural phenomenon, and we each need to consider how we present our own argum ents. There are real and vitally important differences among our separately preferred candidates, and those issues should be fully examined and vigorously debated. Such debate reveals differences and presents clear choices, and wins real converts who share in ideas. It's much easier to stifle opposing arguments in the first place by attacking their advocates and demonizing them with dismissive labels (e.g. Trumpists, Cruzers, Bush-bots, etc.), but such intellectual laziness ignores the fact that we will need each other to win in November and hopefully to govern in January.