Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorship [video]

Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @01:51PM (#25212784)

I see it, but even deeply conservative states do teach the principles of critical thinking. Picking Alabama as a random example (https://www.alsde.edu/sec/sct/COS/2016%20Revised%20Alabama%2...):

* their curriculum explicitly aims to develop "lifelong, critical thinkers"

* they feel "reading, writing, and critical thinking continue to play central roles in the development of literate individuals"

* students learn to "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning"

I understand that you're saying beliefs such as creationism don't stand up to any real critical thought, and I agree. But I feel the same way about many beliefs that left-leaning people tend to hold.

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Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by BrianOnHN on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @02:29PM (#25213218)

> beliefs such as creationism don't stand up to any real critical thought, and I agree.

> But I feel the same way about many beliefs that left-leaning people tend to hold.

Can you provide an example of one of those beliefs that tend to be held by left-leaning people?

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Re:Edward Snowden on the Dangers of Silicon Valley Censorshi... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @02:58PM (#25213582)

Sure. Many people (both commentators and friends of mine) express extreme forms of race and gender essentialism, regularly referring to groups like "white men" or "black women" as though they all have the same thoughts, feelings, and desires.

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