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Honestly, it should to some extent. Conspiracy theorists and/or political extremists (on both sides) should have to seek out their extreme content with prejudi
by zelon88 7y ago
Honestly, it should to some extent.
Conspiracy theorists and/or political extremists (on both sides) should have to seek out their extreme content with prejudice. No more marketing birther theories alongside CSPAN videos on YouTube, or click-bait "TOP 10 UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON" when someone looks for academic material. It shouldn't be possible to "stumble" onto a video that promotes falsehoods like vaccines causing autism or holistic medicine alongside legitimate medical content. It's damaging our society because not everyone has the acumen to know when they're being gaslit.
If these content creators were doing this as satire and advertised as such it wouldn't be an issue. What we have are content creators creating deliberately misleading content and then pushing it deliberately to the most gullible audience they can.
The first amendment shouldn't be used as a weapon to trick stupid people. It's diluting real political discourse and creating factions of people who don't have substantial opinions, just a bunch of inaccurate facts and unscrupulous sources for information.
- creaghpatr 7y ago>It's damaging our society because not everyone has the acumen to know when they're being gaslit. Do you understand how pretentious this sounds?
- zelon88 7y agoHonestly, no. We've got people who still believe that feeding your kids bleach is a holistic medical treatment. It's not pretentious: it's 100% true. I've got an 8 year old who watches YT. How is he supposed to have the contextual data to know when he's being gaslit?
- creaghpatr 7y agoHe has a competent parent, right?