I notice the Alligator tends to be pretty opinionated, which is good - it's more interesting that way. However, the newspaper is also pretty ignorant, which is something I personally dislike.
Let me try to explain the difference between the two: I have strong opinions on quite a few subjects (for example, I don't like the idea of homosexuality).
However, I'd like to think that I'm not ignorant enough to claim my opinions are some sort of absolute truth, and I can change them based on new ideas.
Many Alligator articles, on the other hand, are worded as if the writer had some sort of a divine being clearly explain to him what's good and bad and is now compelled to pass that knowledge on to the readers.
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