traininthedistance
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« on: March 28, 2015, 02:57:03 PM » |
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« edited: March 28, 2015, 03:48:03 PM by traininthedistance »
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Y'know, maybe I'm mellowing in my old age but I can't actually think of a subject where this forum is all that least-knowledgeable, especially if you compare to the populace at large. Even the sexism discussions: you've got a couple misogynistic trolls, but they get no respect, and TERFs are nowhere to be found; it's mostly a battle between first-wavers and third-wavers, and y'know when you think about it that way it could be so much worse. Well, I mean, it could be better given that our demographics are pretty skewed and there's intrinsic value in having a broader range of perspectives/backgrounds, but for a site with such a high proportion of youngish males we're actually pretty darn good.
I mean obviously anyone's going to have a dim view of the forum whenever they're a super-specialist in something and everyone else just goes along with the popular rhetoric (my hobbyhorse being urban land use and transportation policy, of course, where I am happy to play the part of the exasperated wonk)– but is that really a fair standard to apply?
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