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>Truth is a very difficult thing to pin down. indeed, but obvious over-the-top nonsensical bullcrap is fortunately much easier. the default is to allow it on a
by amarant 8y ago
>Truth is a very difficult thing to pin down.
indeed, but obvious over-the-top nonsensical bullcrap is fortunately much easier. the default is to allow it on all platforms, so pinning down the truth is not what we're doing. we're filtering the shittiest forms of bull.
>you peasants are too stupid to assess the validity of statements
some people do require help. Failure to help them is what happened in Germany in the beginning of last century, when a certain very charismatic leader fooled an entire nation with false-but-tempting ideas.
this is probably also an argument you're tired of, but i'm sure you get the idea, and can formulate it to better fit your tastes by yourself ;)
- jstewartmobile 8y agoOne piece of history, hardly even contested, is that Hitler came to power when "moderates" were trying to "stem the tide" of "extremism" from the left and the right. von Papen--along with other industrialists, nobles, and political elites--wrote a letter to Hindenburg asking him to appoint Hitler as chancellor, then Hindenburg complied. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Rise_to_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#Rise_to_power Now we're going after far-left like Greenwald and TruthDig, and far-right like Cernovich and InfoWars. People just need to grow a pair and trust the process. Teutonic authoritarianism didn't work then, and it's not going to work now.