Originally Posted by
Buksida
The tendency of clear red shirt/PTT/Thaksin supporters to call others biased and one sided is ironic.
1. Which "clear red shirt/PTT/Thaksin supporters" do you have in mind - beyond those who have explicitly said that they support one or other of these?
2. Are you deliberately grouping "red shirt", "PTT" and "Thaksin" as being one and the same thing - or is your "ironic" comment aimed at what you've decided are supporters of any one of the three?
FWIW, I find "bias" pretty much a non-issue - outside of what's supposed to be responsible news reporting. After all, many millions of Thai clearly support Thaksin (in the same way that many millions clearly support Abhisit), so I'd think it's safe to assume that they too are "biased" - in that that's how they think and for their own reasons. In other words, it's their viewpoint or opinion. Should what they (or Teak Door members) think and say be airily dismissed because of that thinking - as in "Well, you would say that wouldn't you - so I don't even need to argue the point"?
It's really rather tiresome to see someone's views and points dismissed and mocked merely because they express a different preference (and make their case for it). Is no further consideration let alone analysis or rebuttal of their view and case necessary? Are all those Thai supporters of Thaksin and Abhisit also to be ignored and scorned by those who differ - simply
because they differ?
As I see it, the bigger issue on Teak Door is not anybody's perceived or expressed "bias" one way or another, but rather the instances of closed-mind prejudice; as in pre-judging events, issues and others' comments solely on the basis of a pre-existing and seemingly immutable mindset. That's just blithely (and often abusively) dismissing alternative views and interpretations out of hand - based on
who is saying something rather than on
what is said. It's not only illogical - it's monumentally tedious and deters sensible discussion.