How could he say “not liking it”.
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I like the way you think.
I interpreted this headline in a social media sense. To “like” means to symbolically click the “like button” and in any other way to join in the social media enthusiasm. True he couldn’t dislike the show, he never saw it, but he had no interest in ever seeing it or “liking” it in any way. This is “not liking” it. Now he has determined to see it and he may still not like it and he may also geuinely dislike it.
I don’t know if I am right about this and I would never ever ever say how the language ought to be used, I merely observe and report. However, it is truly frightening that in the modern age, among the young people, one can be castigated for not sufficiently “liking” some politically correct idea!
Now substitute Hamilton for the “forbidden fruit” with the same sorts of exhortations given to Eve that were given to the blog author and Eve would have again been flattered into committing original sin. The bloggist’s first instinct was correct. He may have also been trying to be a wolf in a conservative’s clothing. He basically is saying:” Oh don’t be stiff in your views....look at the progress I made in opening myself up to reasoning with progressives....now I have no chest!”