It’s not just about facts: Democrats and Republicans have sharply different attitudes about removing misinformation from social media::One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.

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    1 year ago

    But what if their beliefs are verifiably false?

    Yes. Because those with perverse incentives in power will falsify the truth to punish critics.

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      So there is no objective truth anymore, and any fact you don’t like can be dismissed by saying the Deep State is at fault? Is there a (((conspiracy))) to hide the fact that the Moon is really an egg?

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        1 year ago

        There are objective truths, the issue lays in the deciding of them. Not to step on your cloak and dagger but I’m not saying we’ve got a ‘deep state’ or there’s some massive ((((conspiracy with too many parentheses)))).

        The Earth may be round but I don’t want to have to worry about a flat earther judge ruling otherwise each time I say it.