Debating the memes

[Dill]

(07-19-2017, 11:36 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: You just precisely agreed with the guy who was agreeing with me.

Well, not "precisely." I offered another example of a common descriptor in today's political discourse which is used the way you say "low educated" is used. Sometimes people apply the term "low educated" to those they disagree with,, as you say. But I separate from your view a bit in that I don't know how commonly people do that. Sometimes when people identify low-educated voters, they really may be taking into account attributes which explain the voters' politics, just as identifying them as farmers or bankers might. Though I agree that if people are arguing, that is much less likely.

As it happens, though, I don't use terms like "low-educated." If you and Leonard don't, then we agree on that.

It's not very clear what that term means when applied to large blocks of often diverse voters, so it's hard to apply it as a useful descriptor, and it's insensitive. And as you and Leonard imply, it may be used more to demean than describe. I don't use "low information" either. for about the same reason.

However, I will occasionally use "low/high disinformation" as a descriptors--but tied to definitional criteria. E.g. a low disinformation voter doesn't believe that Obama was born in Kenya or that Hillary killed Vince Foster.