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This is a followup on the Do your own Research thread. You might want to take a peak at it before popping over here:
debatepolitics.com
"Not my job to educate you" is very similar to "do your own research". The difference is in who says it. "Do your own research" typically comes from conspiracy theorists who can't be bothered to send you the sources for all of their claims. "Not my job to educate you" typically comes from disenfranchised groups (black people, LGBT people, etc.) who are tired of having to explain themselves to those who are not. To some degree, this makes sense. What may seem like an innocent question trying to understand an issue better on the asker's end may be one of many questions asked on the end of the person being asked the question making the latter tired of having to explain why their experiences need to be accounted for.
However, this carries the same issues has DYOR. The people giving this response often assume that it's as straightforward as "just google it" like the answer is right there and that it's just a matter of swallowing your pride. However, even when following this advice, it can be difficult to know what sources are credible. There's hardly a guerantee that said person won't simply stumble upon misinformation or misleading statistics. If said person is a conservative, such a person may very well take advice from Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder. If it's not "my job to educate you" whose job is it?
Another issue is that it leaves questioners with the impression that the responder simply knows very little about the subject at hand or is too afraid to debate that "not my job" serves to deflect criticism. Neither one of these gives off a good impression. Part of the reason why "not my job to educate you" exists is because of a practice known as sealioning which is when poeple ask very basic questions in bad faith to derail the discussion. This ineviatably wears the patience of the target, allowing the user to call out the other person for being unreasonable. A big issue with this is that since people cannot read midns, there's no way to discern someone using this tactic from someone simply trying to understand the issue at hand.
You know who doesn't get tired? Reactionaries
And they're more than happy to tell you all about how cultural marxism infiltrated the education system and about race and IQ.
This meme is more true than it has any right to be
What I'm trying to say is that for both DYOR and NMYTEY, there needs to be an easy and reliable way for people to find reliable sources on a given subject. Google is supposed to fill that medium but oftentimes, pages will be sorted by views, meaning that some searches can lead to confirmation bias rather than objective truth.
Even if it's "not your job to educate them" someone's gotta do it or reactionaries will.
Do your own research
This is what conspiracy theorists often say. When pressed on something, they will often suggest that critics should do their own research. The idea seems to be that everyone should be educated on a given subject before voicing opinions which seems reasonable enough. The problem with this phrase...
debatepolitics.com
"Not my job to educate you" is very similar to "do your own research". The difference is in who says it. "Do your own research" typically comes from conspiracy theorists who can't be bothered to send you the sources for all of their claims. "Not my job to educate you" typically comes from disenfranchised groups (black people, LGBT people, etc.) who are tired of having to explain themselves to those who are not. To some degree, this makes sense. What may seem like an innocent question trying to understand an issue better on the asker's end may be one of many questions asked on the end of the person being asked the question making the latter tired of having to explain why their experiences need to be accounted for.
However, this carries the same issues has DYOR. The people giving this response often assume that it's as straightforward as "just google it" like the answer is right there and that it's just a matter of swallowing your pride. However, even when following this advice, it can be difficult to know what sources are credible. There's hardly a guerantee that said person won't simply stumble upon misinformation or misleading statistics. If said person is a conservative, such a person may very well take advice from Ben Shapiro or Steven Crowder. If it's not "my job to educate you" whose job is it?
Another issue is that it leaves questioners with the impression that the responder simply knows very little about the subject at hand or is too afraid to debate that "not my job" serves to deflect criticism. Neither one of these gives off a good impression. Part of the reason why "not my job to educate you" exists is because of a practice known as sealioning which is when poeple ask very basic questions in bad faith to derail the discussion. This ineviatably wears the patience of the target, allowing the user to call out the other person for being unreasonable. A big issue with this is that since people cannot read midns, there's no way to discern someone using this tactic from someone simply trying to understand the issue at hand.
You know who doesn't get tired? Reactionaries
And they're more than happy to tell you all about how cultural marxism infiltrated the education system and about race and IQ.
This meme is more true than it has any right to be
What I'm trying to say is that for both DYOR and NMYTEY, there needs to be an easy and reliable way for people to find reliable sources on a given subject. Google is supposed to fill that medium but oftentimes, pages will be sorted by views, meaning that some searches can lead to confirmation bias rather than objective truth.
Even if it's "not your job to educate them" someone's gotta do it or reactionaries will.
