I tried mistake theory, conflict theory, critical theory, but the result is usually the same: after checking all the evidence, I come to the conclusion that my favourite political tribe is always right, and everyone else is an idiot.
Seriously? Doesn’t sound like you did a good job there. Maybe your identity is a bit on the large side? Having a “favorite political tribe” is sus already, and “always right” is a dead giveaway that your evidence checking was thorough enough.
Yeah, there was a bit of hyperbole, but overall when I see what gets in my RSS feed, it’s clear that it tends to converge on a particular kind of people and I have to spend a lot of energy finding contradictory sources. On topics like the gender pay gap, I find that one “side” is basically always wrong, and it’s hard to tell if it’s just because they are really always wrong, or because of my confirmation bias. Also, by “favourite political tribe” I just mean that there are tribes with which I disagree more often than others. I don’t think anybody really likes every tribe equally.
Seriously? Doesn’t sound like you did a good job there. Maybe your identity is a bit on the large side? Having a “favorite political tribe” is sus already, and “always right” is a dead giveaway that your evidence checking was thorough enough.
Yeah, there was a bit of hyperbole, but overall when I see what gets in my RSS feed, it’s clear that it tends to converge on a particular kind of people and I have to spend a lot of energy finding contradictory sources. On topics like the gender pay gap, I find that one “side” is basically always wrong, and it’s hard to tell if it’s just because they are really always wrong, or because of my confirmation bias. Also, by “favourite political tribe” I just mean that there are tribes with which I disagree more often than others. I don’t think anybody really likes every tribe equally.