Brilliant article, James. Over the last few years I've found myself following a simialr trajectory and at times, have grown tired of those same guests, doing the same circuit, saying the same things.
Not gonna lie, though, there's points where I've almost found myself addicted to it. Some big event happens, the progessive left goes nuts on-line and the first thing I'm doing is checking to see what Spiked have written about it, it's not healthy and probably not all that helpful.
Thanks for writing so candidly about this, though, even for someone like me, it's genuinely worrying when you don't always agree with the status-quo but stuff like this article helps.
There is a comfort in reading that kind of thing - I think in periods when everyone is talking nonsense someone just being able to state that it's nonsense is really powerful. But you can't build an entire worldview around that, not because of the inevitable hubris which comes with thinking 'I alone can speak the truth!'
Great read, James. Sorry to hear about your fear following Wiley's comments. Glad you've come round on the one-dimensionality of the 'free speech network.' I've always found those pods/ articles as dumb as the stuff coming from the ACAB crowd.
Brilliant article, James. Over the last few years I've found myself following a simialr trajectory and at times, have grown tired of those same guests, doing the same circuit, saying the same things.
Not gonna lie, though, there's points where I've almost found myself addicted to it. Some big event happens, the progessive left goes nuts on-line and the first thing I'm doing is checking to see what Spiked have written about it, it's not healthy and probably not all that helpful.
Thanks for writing so candidly about this, though, even for someone like me, it's genuinely worrying when you don't always agree with the status-quo but stuff like this article helps.
There is a comfort in reading that kind of thing - I think in periods when everyone is talking nonsense someone just being able to state that it's nonsense is really powerful. But you can't build an entire worldview around that, not because of the inevitable hubris which comes with thinking 'I alone can speak the truth!'
Great read, James. Sorry to hear about your fear following Wiley's comments. Glad you've come round on the one-dimensionality of the 'free speech network.' I've always found those pods/ articles as dumb as the stuff coming from the ACAB crowd.
I think there is a place for that 'free speech network'. It just might not be, as they seem to think, the last repository of reason and enlightenment
Excellent on the nuances of free speech which, I have to admit, I’m conflicted about.