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false claims are not transparency. false claims are the opposite of transparency. When you allow lies to spread unchecked, real transparency is meaningless be
by notatoad 7y ago
false claims are not transparency. false claims are the opposite of transparency. When you allow lies to spread unchecked, real transparency is meaningless because the true information exposed by the transparency can be drowned out by the false information.
Honestly, i don't even know where to begin with being asked to explain why lies are bad
- malvosenior 7y agoI'm asking what false claims you think are "controlling our political process", and causing a "large problem" in the world? It seems to me that good old fashioned state/media propaganda are a much larger problem than any false claims circulating on the internet.
- harumph 7y agoFrom your comments, it seems your intention is to muddy the waters to the point where actual steps toward solutions are deemed unworkable. YOU, sir, are propagating the problem you purport to be asking questions about. Please stop.
- stickfigure 7y agoThe problem is that most political speech is rarely simple facts with true/false values. Political speech is complicated and full of nuance and ambiguities. Just look at the example that AOC grilled Zuckerberg over: "Republicans support the Green New Deal". Which Republicans? Which version of the Green New Deal? Which parts of it? Ultimately you're just handing control over speech to the arbiters of "true" and "false", who are themselves political creatures. Sometimes we just have to accept some bad things in our society, because the consequence of eliminating them is worse. See also: The War On Drugs.