Name calling from the elite at The Atlantic: The People Who Don’t Read Political News

If you do not follow politics avidly, you are a “political ostrich” – which translated, means you have your head stuck in the ground. Calling someone an “ostrich” is considered rude.

From MS Co-pilot:

Calling someone an ostrich could be interpreted as rude because it might be perceived as implying that the person is avoiding reality or burying their head in the sand. Humans, in general, tend to prefer positive comparisons or analogies, so likening someone to an animal that is stereotypically seen as foolish or evasive might not land well.

I do not follow politics closely, perhaps having to do with being a brain injured idiot and avoiding conflict, screaming and shouting, constant lies and name calling from the politicosphere. None of it is healthy for me so I avoid politics.

Author of the above story, Olga Khazan has a BA in political science and an MA in journalism. Because she likes politics, everyone else should like politics?

I see no evidence in her background that she follows technology topics closely; is she is a technology ostrich, with her head stuck in the ground?

Apparently in her world view, everyone should follow politics closely – because that is her interest. That is a narrowminded and rude perspective – but typical of politics focused writers. If we have valid reasons to be different, we are the ones who have our heads stuck in the ground, she says.

She is originally an immigrant from Russia (when very young) but renounced her citizenship. Ironically, in that video she talks about how it’s odd to be viewed as weird and non-conforming – yet in the above article she implies those who do not follow politics closely are weird and non-conforming. Go figure.