>>837061>Sadly the counter to this seems to be a rise in echochambers of objectively shit opinion and policy. Black Lives Matter would not be a thing without the internet to provide idiots with their confirmation biases. Same with the absolute bullshit Tumblr-grade Feminism.>Free and open internet is good, don't get me wrong, but I think we need to teach people to be more skeptical of what they read online, and to make decisions for themselves.I suppose the latter was implied. At least when I think of the internet, I think of a place where anyone who is actually looking for the truth can seek and find it in pretty short order. And those who don't seek the truth can be called out for their logical fallacies and continuing to promote an agenda, even in the face of facts.
The examples you give, for instance, I have never personally seen myself, nor had any direct contact with, in all my time on the internet. But I have seen a metric assload of backlash toward both factions, and rightfully so. I suppose that's a function of the sort of sites I frequent, however...
In the end I agree with you, teach people to think for themselves is the ultimate answer.
I suppose I just don't rate the threat of the tumblerinas as highly as most people on the internet do. I mean, yes the ideas they stand for are highly frightening and should be opposed wherever they are found. But I think that anyone with any sense can see what they are all about pretty quickly. But then again I have become aware that I have more sense than most, so maybe I should think more in terms of averages. Because there sure are a lot of stupid people in the world, or perhaps more accurately, people who lack critical thinking skills and/or too lazy or uncaring of the truth to put in any work toward discovering it.
Maybe that's what separates us from them. I personally value the truth very highly, sounds like you do too. But very many people nowadays do not. The world is filled with people loaded to the
