It is easy to be cynical and you can spot the practice everywhere. In watching the unfolding developments of the Hachette versus Amazon dispute, some people ascribe motivations to actions even though we’re still working in a low information environment. Support Amazon? Somebody’s going to call you a moron. Support Hachette? Someone will call you a shill.
- As if you’re saying what they said you said.
- As if you can’t think critically and everyone must align with one ideology (forever).
- As if the only choice is a binary, up/down, yes/no.
- As if standing up and stating your opinion is wrong.
- As if our opinions will affect the negotiation’s outcome. (Ha-ha-ha-nope!)
Both sides arrive at the same conclusion: Writers will be hurt if the other side wins.
We tend to see the world as we are. We project. People who think, do and say nasty things expect others to react…
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