BBC in recent years has (arguably maliciously when you look at some of the backgrounds of the recent show runners of things like question time) been presenting two views as equivalently valid when one is from a genuinely respected expert in whatever field is being discussed and another is from racist Barry from the pub who drove a leaded petrol car for a few too many years.
Presenting two sides as equal is not impartial, it gives extremists a platform to amplify their platform.
The paradox of tolerance follows that we should actively avoid platforming bad-faith extremists. Let alone presenting their views as reasonable.
Yet nearly every Lemmy instance (and PieFed and Mbin too iirc) platforms ML… despite their routinely calling for the death of every single person living in any Western civilization.
BBC in recent years has (arguably maliciously when you look at some of the backgrounds of the recent show runners of things like question time) been presenting two views as equivalently valid when one is from a genuinely respected expert in whatever field is being discussed and another is from racist Barry from the pub who drove a leaded petrol car for a few too many years.
Presenting two sides as equal is not impartial, it gives extremists a platform to amplify their platform.
The paradox of tolerance follows that we should actively avoid platforming bad-faith extremists. Let alone presenting their views as reasonable.
Yet nearly every Lemmy instance (and PieFed and Mbin too iirc) platforms ML… despite their routinely calling for the death of every single person living in any Western civilization.