• Munrock ☭@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 month ago

    The title is supposed to inform you about what you’re going to read. That’s what titles and headlines are for. This one is telling me that either:

    1. It’s a hate speech article.

    or

    1. It’s a clickbait title.

    I have no reason to give the article or its author my time, attention or engagement in either case. But happy to discuss the stupidity of the title.

    • DonLongSchlong@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 month ago

      A bold headline meant to entice attention while also reflecting the content of the article accurately is not called a “clickbait”, it is called a good headline.

      Because people are still trying to weasel themselves out of responsibility and the title gets infront of the arguments and clearly states that, Yes, every peaceful person of a genocidal group needs to make a meaningful distinction between them and the genocider. This has not happened on a large enough scale within jewish communities to matter.

      I would say that part of the article is about those exact people who are offended by the title.

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        1 month ago

        It’s a good headline if:

        • you want to be editor of the Daily Mail, or
        • are just terminally online and and your standards for communication are on the floor.
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      1 month ago

      Thanks for this comment. I said basically the same thing and got heavily downvoted. Started to feel like I was taking crazy pills. And by the way, I read it, it’s the former.