Sadly, it does sow doubt on the veracity or the relevance of the data the author brings forward to support her view.
For instance, the text opens with “Naked children with severe developmental disabilities were on the floor moaning, some of them smeared with feces [...] human vegetables in a detention camp” A strong image, written to bring out strong emotions. But of course the story is not about children moaning on the floor covered in feces in public schools today, or is it in any way related to the measures criticized in the story.
The author may be right to criticize current measures, but the way it is done feels like blatant manipulation.
This article is like those sad orphan videos they used to play on late-night tv to guilt you into donating $20/month only to find out that perfectly legally 80-90% of the proceeds went to paying CEO salaries and buying TV ads to get more suckers to donate, and only a small trickle actually went to the people who it was intended for.
For instance, the text opens with “Naked children with severe developmental disabilities were on the floor moaning, some of them smeared with feces [...] human vegetables in a detention camp” A strong image, written to bring out strong emotions. But of course the story is not about children moaning on the floor covered in feces in public schools today, or is it in any way related to the measures criticized in the story.
The author may be right to criticize current measures, but the way it is done feels like blatant manipulation.