# Must you read/watch something to have an opinion about it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-read-watch-something-to-have-an-opinion-about-it/1021296 "2025-07-25T00:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-read-watch-something-to-have-an-opinion-about-it/1021296/67 "2025-08-27T17:48:02Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Chapelle - again there is no one disputing that it was “punching” at the group. The debate is about “punching down” What do you mean? If it was punching, then it was punching down, surely? * * * > [@Adolescence on Netflix. Open spoilers after OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolescence-on-netflix-open-spoilers-after-op/1015925/10): > > There are a bunch of men who see it as propaganda against them, in a culture where white men are freely blamed for problems while excuses are made for other demographic groups. This is a larger issue, which is really outside the scope of this thread. Re adolescence, if you want to read a review from a Genuine Incel™ who did watch the show, I can paste a suitably broken link. Obviously this is a biased source, but he’s also in a far better position to judge how accurate it was than any of us. > [@DSeid](#): > > How individual public figures react to a show or an issue is a separate subject. Politicians overreact to single crimes, or presumed patterns of crimes, pretty regularly. Overreacting to a fictional crime is a new low. The UK has become notably anti-freedom over the last few years. ☹ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/must-you-read-watch-something-to-have-an-opinion-about-it/1021296)._