Both the chicken and the egg.

What is this from?

I would say it’s pronounced closer to Cedar in this context (mandarin speaker)

Sauce is Pbfcomics if anyone’s interested: https://pbfcomics.com/comics/todays-my-birthday/

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with “fringe” opinions as long as the reader is critical. It’s better to have a wide range of opinions, regardless of where their biases fall on the political spectrum.