cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42859733
Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?
It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.
But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.
The New York Post, the rightwing tabloid and a frequent Mamdani critic, has led the charge. This week the newspaper claimed that “slushy streets” were “ruining travel for everyone”.
Person: uses critical thinking to assess facts presented to them beyond face value, even if the presented facts back up their preexisting assumptions
People on Lemmy: I don’t understand your brain, you some kinda bootlicker?
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Your arguments is really that you should use critical thinking by accepting a New York Post article as fact without you know checking? That’s what you’re coming to me with? Really?
… No? My first thought when I read the title of the article was, “well obviously he can’t control the weather.”
But rather than immediately saying “Republicans bad” and moving on, the second thought occurs, “maybe they’re complaining about the logistics side of things, like snow plows and clearing teams?” which would be a valid complaint.
Finally, instead of simply accepting the followup thought, we read the article, and see that they are in fact complaining about the man not controlling the weather.