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There is no neutrality.

No, seriously: "political neutrality" as a concept is inherently and fatally flawed.

The closest you can ever attempt to come is either

a) maintain/support the current status quo—this is obviously a big problem for anyone the status quo is not serving

b) tailor whatever you're saying/doing to try to cleave to the exact current center of the political landscape—this is obviously going to be very fraught and highly subjective; no one actually does this

Anyone who says they're "apolitical" or who tells you to make something "politically neutral" is nearly guaranteed to be just a beneficiary of the status quo advocating for preserving it, often without even realizing that's what they're doing.

Ultimately, it's much more honest and positive in the long run to be honest about your own biases and, yes, be as transparent as possible.




This is false. Or at least it's almost totally false.

I can try to judge things by whether they are true or false, accurate or misleading, good or bad ideas, regardless of who said them.

Yeah, I fail sometimes - partly because I do have biases, and partly because I don't have infinite amounts of time and energy to dig in to find out the truth. Still, I don't judge what the administration says by which brand of administration it is. I prefer my news sources to be straight rather than slanted.

And I can say that without being a supporter of the current status quo. I find Trump's bullying to be reprehensible.


interesting, out of curiosity did this lead you to not see his bullying and behaviors coming?

did this lead you to deny yourself the bigger picture of past behaviors, context, etc…?


What have I said that made you think that I ever supported Trump? I didn't, ever.

What made you think that I was blind to what he was? I could tell what he was before he was elected the first time.


"I can employ reading comprehension and bullshit detection skills on any text" is not the same as saying "any text is neutral", nor even "it is possible for a text to be neutral".

My statement says nothing about the ability of any particular reader to use their learned skills of discerning fact from falsehood to judge what is true. It says that even if you (for any value of "you", including me!) think what you are writing is "neutral", that is, at best, and with 99.9% certainty, because it conforms to the current status quo and/or your unconscious assumptions and biases.




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