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Are you allergic to misinformation?

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of course, but then the next hurdle is that we can't agree on what is misinformation, e.g., the very purveyors / parrots of misinformation will be the first to say that everything else is the real misinformation

I mean just think about it, before 2016 everyone more likely recognized what "Fake News" was but then once the 5-year-old-in-chief started getting called out on his constant lying, he just started calling legit journalism Fake News too, and now his gullible minions fall for his con, for many years now

and like him, every conspiracy theorist on the planet is going to tell you that objective reality and empirically testable facts are all lies (imagine that), so ultimately statements like "I'm allergic to misinformation" are useless because they don't change the state of things, the reality deniers will continue to live in denial, and the culture warrior curmudgeons will continue to say they will never trust Reuters / The Associated Press / NPR / et al., that they "embellish" the facts or somesuch nonsense — but they absolutely WILL trust Billy Bob on Facebook as the ultimate oracle of "the real truth" (and when these people refuse to disclose their sources on occasion, but instead just trot out the tired retort of "do your own research!" their own research just consists of following BIlly Bob the Anti-Expert, who has zero qualifications in any relevant subject or skill ... it's probably like multi-level marketing, Billy Bob saw a YouTube video, then his followers saw his post, and so forth)

as long as humanity remains stuck at this stage of evolution, we will remained fcked by the reality deniers
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl Excellent, you said it way better than I could have.
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl you are marinating in communism
@GuidanceCounselor for someone like you, anything short of fellating the White House decorator-in-chief, hourly, is KoMmUnIzM, amirite? 🙄
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@GuidanceCounselor Explain to me what you think communism is.
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@JimboSaturn why? So you can whack off? Use your internet.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@GuidanceCounselor I know what it is, but I want to see if you do. Please explain to me what you think communism is.
@JimboSaturn see what I mean about the perennial "do your own research" comeback? They can fling the poo but they can't define anything to back it up.
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl we don't waste our time on time wasters. You research and they comeback with one liners or attack the source. Never any substance.
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl Yep, I've got that many times too. When I ask their source data they say "look it up yourself". This is one step further bringing sexual insults into me just asking him what he thinks communism is, I'm not even asking for his sources.
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JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl And when they can't even define a word they use, they just say we are not worth their time.
GuidanceCounselor · 56-60, M
@ThirstenHowl nope. Dead wrong. Trump is not infallible.