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The problem with this is a shifting of the "Overton window": it's not quite as bad as it could possibly be, so it's fine. We should be careful not to let the f
by jstanley 8y ago
The problem with this is a shifting of the "Overton window": it's not quite as bad as it could possibly be, so it's fine.
We should be careful not to let the frog boil.
- simion314 8y agoI still prefer to read the actual facts about China and not exaggerations otherwise we look as fools if we debate with false arguments or examples.
- ngcc_hk 8y agoTrue matter. But is the fact already available and the trend is ... ok or not ok. If they gas a few people and is that ok? Is it ok to kick you out from the whole train system ... or should this be done via a legal system and you ... Really what fact you need ...
- simion314 8y ago>Really what fact you need ... The real fact, though we probably see the repeat of what happened after 9/11 when we were told that X had chemical/nuclear weapons when this was completely false not even an exaggeration. If China does X then report X not X^2
- TeMPOraL 8y agoThis works both ways. Sensationalist reporting shifts the Overton window in the same direction, whether or not the story is actually true. So you may end up with a situation, where a misrepresented party starts embracing bad behaviour faster than they otherwise would, simply because "if everyone already thinks we're the monsters, one extra bad act ain't gonna make a difference".