I generally agreed with your parent, and think it worth repeating. So I&#x27;ll take your comment at face value and attempt to paraphrase.<p>Their problem with the article is that it makes the wrong assumption that everyone <i>should</i> be able agree on what does &#x2F; does not count as bullshit. Including, recursively, the article itself.<p>In the past and in places many of us prefer not to go now, there were &quot;arbiters of taste&quot; who were able to influence many people&#x27;s thinking by representing themselves as &quot;the truth&quot; (you know - the one without the bullshit).<p>We now live in a more open marketplace of ideas which, most likely, your parent is happy about. He &#x2F; she would not like the article&#x27;s author, nor anyone else, to resume such authority. They likely believe that though bullshit-everywhere might be true, it is still a price worth paying for diversity of ideas.