After the last couple of episodes where Batya was featured, I have turned off the renewal of my paid subscription. All your other commentators have nuanced positions and have an ability to be critical of their own side. I can't understand how you keep featuring someone like Batya who is so simplistic and unable to consider other viewpoin…
After the last couple of episodes where Batya was featured, I have turned off the renewal of my paid subscription. All your other commentators have nuanced positions and have an ability to be critical of their own side. I can't understand how you keep featuring someone like Batya who is so simplistic and unable to consider other viewpoints. She drags down both the tone and the intellectual nuance of every discussion.
I get the impression Bari thinks the mainstream went wrong in only platforming mono-perspectives. I think they actually went wrong in platforming "bad faith" perspectives in support of their mono-perspective.
I think there are good faith arguments to make about the MAGA position on Ukraine (i.e. Trump inherits a bad situation and the ugliness is just due to ripping the band aid off, or it's Europe's problem they need to step up and handle their own business).
My objection to Ms. Ungar-Sargon is not that she provides a MAGA viewpoint, but that she provides bad faith arguments. I come to TFP not just for a variety of perspectives but for perspectives made in good faith. Ms. Ungar-Sargon falls well short of that standard.
After the last couple of episodes where Batya was featured, I have turned off the renewal of my paid subscription. All your other commentators have nuanced positions and have an ability to be critical of their own side. I can't understand how you keep featuring someone like Batya who is so simplistic and unable to consider other viewpoints. She drags down both the tone and the intellectual nuance of every discussion.
I get the impression Bari thinks the mainstream went wrong in only platforming mono-perspectives. I think they actually went wrong in platforming "bad faith" perspectives in support of their mono-perspective.
I think there are good faith arguments to make about the MAGA position on Ukraine (i.e. Trump inherits a bad situation and the ugliness is just due to ripping the band aid off, or it's Europe's problem they need to step up and handle their own business).
My objection to Ms. Ungar-Sargon is not that she provides a MAGA viewpoint, but that she provides bad faith arguments. I come to TFP not just for a variety of perspectives but for perspectives made in good faith. Ms. Ungar-Sargon falls well short of that standard.