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For Leftists: What happens when a content creator has a questionable guest on? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hi. This question is for leftists mostly. If you watch a content creator that's on the left, but they have a questionable guest on, do you continue to watch that creator or do you find a different creator to watch? I sometimes watch The Convo Couch and Danny Haiphong, but they've had very questionable guests on and I can't bring myself to support guests like that. Bonus question: Do you watch non-left channels?

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[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's a big difference between "this person doesn't agree with my worldview" and "this person is spouting crazy nonsense and the host isn't even questioning it," which gives the nonsense a sheen of legitimacy.

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok, can you tell me why it matters if the host gives the nonsense a sheen of legitimacy?

[–] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

The earth is flat.

If no one contradicts that statement or downvotes me or anything, someone might later come along and read it and believe it just because no one else disagreed. There are a lot of people who haven't had a great education or don't have critical thinking skills, or are actual children. When people just make claims with no discussion of the merit of those claims, how can the less educated figure out they're not true? After all, if the host invited this hypothetical flat earther to be on their show, there must be something legit about them, right? They don't just invite any rando person off the street onto their show, do they?