Completely agree with the above sentiments, but that's not the end of the idiodicy. There are people who will link a video to make their argument. Not only are they unwilling (and usually unable) to put it in their own words, they won't even link a text article that does it for them.
So they expect me to watch a commercial and 3 minutes of video, when all they had to convey was a very concise point like "democrats offered to make 90% of the requested cuts, and the other side is shutting down the government over the last ten." But I "absolutely" must watch the video, with no summary of the point because "[my congresscritter hero] totally proves you wrong".
... and have the full support of the other reddit posters. F--- that.
So they expect me to watch a commercial and 3 minutes of video, when all they had to convey was a very concise point like "democrats offered to make 90% of the requested cuts, and the other side is shutting down the government over the last ten." But I "absolutely" must watch the video, with no summary of the point because "[my congresscritter hero] totally proves you wrong".
... and have the full support of the other reddit posters. F--- that.