Here’s a thing.
I’ve read the Koran, but I’m not a Muslim. I’ve read the Bible, but I’m not a Christian. I’ve read Marx, but I’m not a Marxist. I've read Mao (including in the original Chinese) but I'm not a Maoist. I’ve read Freud, but I’m not a Freudian. I’ve read the Bhagavad Gita but I’m not a Hindu. I’ve even read The Book of Mormon, and I’m most assuredly not a Mormon.
I watch CNN and BBC, but I’m not a liberal*. I watch MSNBC but I’m not a “progressive”…
But, heaven forfend, if I say I’ve watched Fox, the reaction from liberals!
Liberal: “My god, you actually watch Fox! No wonder you’re such a far-right nutter!”
Me: “but I also watch CNN, BBC and ABC.”
Liberal: “Yeah, but you watch Fox! No wonder your views”.
Me: “Have you ever watched Fox?”
Liberal: “No, never. It’s a terrible channel!”
As they say: “make it make sense”
“Fox” here stands for any conservative Podcast as well. Apparently I’m fine if I watch “The Daily” pod, by the New York Times, or The Breakfast Club by Charlemagne Tha God, but if I watch Megyn Kelly, or The Ruthless podcast, I’m going to swallow and regurgitate all sorts of misinformation. Can’t be helped.
* [Using “liberal” in the American sense, not the U.K., or Australian]
