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I think that the 3 posts above are quite biased. I do not doubt that the conservatives are doing a lot of lying but this is true for the other side of the camp

I think that the 3 posts above are quite biased. I do not doubt that the conservatives are doing a lot of lying but this is true for the other side of the camp as well. Take Snopes for example, or people systematically mis-quoting certain historical figures (such as churchill) or even modern figures (such as stallman or damore), or the propaganda against wikileaks and snowden, or the anti-science sentiment that goes regarding research results that they do not like, etc. > If you moderate by common decency values, massive chunks of conservative voices would be off Reddit, FB, Twitter So would the far left. People do not particularly enjoy being baselessly accused, cancelled, and have people call for violence on them. (not to mention that in the past certain things which we consider as decent such as homosexuality would be considered indecent) > but right now social media firms are forced to treat outright conspiracy theories at the same level as science and research. They really are not. More like they are being pushed to censor posts based on what a 3rd party deems are wrongthink or incorrect.

bleepblorp 6y ago
Dangerous fact-free argumentation from non-conservatives is generally pushed by fringe voices with limited connections to established figures and major funding sources. DNC and Dem PAC money isn't used to push left-antivax views, for example. In contrast, fact-free argumentation from conservatives has the backing of both established figures and big money. To keep this as non-controversial as possible, consider Trump's continued promotion of an anti-malaria drug as a COVID-19 treatment. This misinformation is both false and has the potential to kill people. Consider also the GOP's long-running strategy to de-legitimize elections by overstating the extent of voter fraud, which has now resurfaced as opposition to mail-in ballots. This misinformation is both false and deeply dangerous in a democracy. There is no left-right equivalency here and america's long-running slow motion political crisis isn't going to get any better until people are willing to admit this.

bleepblorp 6y ago

Dangerous fact-free argumentation from non-conservatives is generally pushed by fringe voices with limited connections to established figures and major funding sources. DNC and Dem PAC money isn't used to push left-antivax views, for example. In contrast, fact-free argumentation from conservatives has the backing of both established figures and big money. To keep this as non-controversial as possible, consider Trump's continued promotion of an anti-malaria drug as a COVID-19 treatment. This misinformation is both false and has the potential to kill people. Consider also the GOP's long-running strategy to de-legitimize elections by overstating the extent of voter fraud, which has now resurfaced as opposition to mail-in ballots. This misinformation is both false and deeply dangerous in a democracy. There is no left-right equivalency here and america's long-running slow motion political crisis isn't going to get any better until people are willing to admit this.