“Pro-torture and anti-torture factions will have to fight it out politically, just as the pro- and anti-homosexuality factions do. Which side are you on?”
haha, that reads as deliberate bait to me. Presenting 2 options as if they’re the only options seems to be preying on a dualistic/binary bias common in most people, and that I think stems from our primate roots. That sentence reads like it could be lifted from a George W. Bush speech, that type that’s widely mocked for performing a lack of nuance.
“Pro-torture and anti-torture factions will have to fight it out politically, just as the pro- and anti-homosexuality factions do. Which side are you on?”
haha, that reads as deliberate bait to me. Presenting 2 options as if they’re the only options seems to be preying on a dualistic/binary bias common in most people, and that I think stems from our primate roots. That sentence reads like it could be lifted from a George W. Bush speech, that type that’s widely mocked for performing a lack of nuance.