When did being progressive become a bad thing?
One of the most frequent insults we see with regard to politics is about “progressives”. It appears to be a synonym for Liberals but it’s used as a pejorative. Example: “Don’t let those whiny progressives ruin our country!” Sometimes it’s a different way of someone saying, ‘let me stay the racist, sexist, homophobic basement-dweller I’ve always been’.
Why did everyone spell yanny that way in the ongoing and nonsensical Laurel/yanny debate? If you’re going to capitalize Laurel, why not write Yanni, since that’s a guy we know? I heard Laurel, by the way.
Is intense competition to blame for some reporters always digging for the negative aspect of a story, no matter how small or insignificant? What about just telling the story without doing a forensic search for a tiny nugget of downer news? Reporters on foreign soil seem to get back to reporting things as they are. James Moore, who covered the lead-up to the royal wedding for Bell Media radio stations, did a wonderful job of bringing us the sounds and celebrations. He didn’t feel the need to scare up something negative. It just was what it was. Sometimes things are a bummer. Sometimes they aren’t. And that’s okay. Being a bummer isn’t necessarily what makes something news worthy. I really think some reporters are trying too hard and I wonder about their motives.
I am sure that the Laurel/Yanny thing is so “last week” in this world of lightning fast everything, but I can’t get over it. Even hearing the man who voiced it explain the reason why we hear it differently (he said it was the treble or bass settings on our devices) didn’t make sense: Rob & I heard Laurel and Yanny respectively on the SAME device. There’s more to it and I don’t understand and inquiring minds want to know, dammit! Have a GREAT weekend. And here’s a question, how can you be Progressive AND Conservative? Hmmmm. Kind of like the Historic New Democrats or something. Curious.
Funny, I heard Laurel the first couple of times and then was playing it for my wife and suddenly heard Yanni. Same machine, same speakers but might have been a different instance of the clip.