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Classist Deflections and Media Elitism: Why Looking Down on Pop Culture Misses the Point
Online discourse has a strange way of escalating from simple disagreements into unvarnished condescension. Following my recent challenge on Threads urging netizens to provide factual evidence rather than wild assumptions about television productions like Pinoy Big Brother, another comment arrived that shifted the argument into pure elitism: “Ano bang meron sa PBB na yan at…
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Deflection Over Substance: When Online Arguments Attack the Person, Not the Point
We live in an online era where challenging assumptions often triggers personal attacks rather than honest discourse. Recently on Threads, I posted a direct challenge regarding how quick people are to fabricate conspiracies and claims around television productions—specifically calling out speculative takes on Pinoy Big Brother: “Kung mag-a-assume kayo… sagarin niyo na. Maglabas kayo ng…