Knowing it was PBS reassures me that it wasn’t some bullshit I read on a snapple cap but something we all learned and society had accepted as a universal truth.
When I said it wasn’t bullshit I was specifically referring to piffy bullshit that appears in slogans, advertisements, and on “snapple caps.” I wasnt saying it (referring to “It’s OK to love anyone”) wasn’t bullshit but just a specific kind of bullshit.
I also never implied that what PBS says is a universal truth. Only that the fact that because it was shown on PBS, universally watched pubilc programming, society had adopted it as a ‘universal truth’.
Either way, those are the things I am willing to argue about.
I really don’t think relying on something having come from PBS to prove it isn’t bullshit, or worse, “a universal truth”, is the best plan.
Nope. I am saying society has universal truths, disagree? Agree?
Universal truths go unquestioned (mostly) and are the underpinnings of the social contract.
PBS is a conduit of those truths; being publicly funded and available to anyone with a TV. It’s not that PBS came up with the idea but it they freely floated the idea with little to no pushback at the time, meaning society had accepted it.
Read what I said
When I said it wasn’t bullshit I was specifically referring to piffy bullshit that appears in slogans, advertisements, and on “snapple caps.” I wasnt saying it (referring to “It’s OK to love anyone”) wasn’t bullshit but just a specific kind of bullshit.
I also never implied that what PBS says is a universal truth. Only that the fact that because it was shown on PBS, universally watched pubilc programming, society had adopted it as a ‘universal truth’.
Either way, those are the things I am willing to argue about.
^^^^^^ this ^^^^^^ I am not.
Nope. I am saying society has universal truths, disagree? Agree?
Universal truths go unquestioned (mostly) and are the underpinnings of the social contract.
PBS is a conduit of those truths; being publicly funded and available to anyone with a TV. It’s not that PBS came up with the idea but it they freely floated the idea with little to no pushback at the time, meaning society had accepted it.
But argue with me, it’s fun.