Using the argument of ‘that’s just how reality is,’ about anything in culture is always dumb for the exact same reason you are using to support it. Culture can shift. People who care about the harm want culture to shift away from ‘the way it is’ to something better.
Sure, I’m not seeing anything I disagree with. I guess I just feel like it’s a low effort “grandpa yelling at the sky” sort of thing. I agree these headlines and deserve to be criticized, but specifically I’m talking the one word comments saying “SLAMMED” cause the headline did. Super common. They don’t read to be me as criticizing so much as just… complaining?
Idk, that’s just my (moderately) unpopular opinion.
Using the argument of ‘that’s just how reality is,’ about anything in culture is always dumb for the exact same reason you are using to support it. Culture can shift. People who care about the harm want culture to shift away from ‘the way it is’ to something better.
People who complain about manipulative headlines aren’t complaining because manipulative headlines didn’t happen ‘back in their day.’ They are complaining because they are manipulative and harmful now, just as they were back then. Bad things don’t become not bad by being common.
Sure, I’m not seeing anything I disagree with. I guess I just feel like it’s a low effort “grandpa yelling at the sky” sort of thing. I agree these headlines and deserve to be criticized, but specifically I’m talking the one word comments saying “SLAMMED” cause the headline did. Super common. They don’t read to be me as criticizing so much as just… complaining?
Idk, that’s just my (moderately) unpopular opinion.