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Sometimes it doesn't matter if a story is true or not, if it brings attention to the problem of global warming and how we're killing the world.
by TenXProgrammer 7y ago
Sometimes it doesn't matter if a story is true or not, if it brings attention to the problem of global warming and how we're killing the world.
- smt88 7y agoNo. It matters if it's true. When people divide an issue into "our side" and "their side", it gives them a lot of ammunition when they catch us in a lie. The problem is alarming enough without needing to lie.
- eesmith 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness ?
- im3w1l 7y agoThe step from using fake stories for bringing attention to real issues to using fake stories for bringing attention to fake issues is worryingly small. If everyone had your mindset it might happen without anyone realizing. Imagine everyone thinking "Sure my anecdote is false, but what does that matter when his and hers are true?"
- sfifs 7y agoHow do you think the "fake news" push back on Climate change started? Some climate activists started taking this above approach to their propaganda and succeeded in generating so much opposition the whole effort has been pushed back by a few years from where it was when the Paris agreement was signed. Credibility is very important.
- Igelau 7y agoWow, that is a deeply religious point of view.