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> Nevertheless the titular question deserves to be raised Does it though? Or is it "just asking questions" about the competence of experts and "the media"?

• leereeves 5y ago
  What's wrong with asking questions about the competence (and honesty) of experts and "the media"?
  • nzealand 5y ago
    Nothing is wrong with a good-faith question asked out of an honest curiosity. Have you looked at which countries were identified as high risk back in April 16 2020? https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/04/16/sri-lanka-ranked-16th-among-high-risk-countries-for-covid-19/ https://www.newsfirst.lk/2020/04/16/sri-lanka-ranked-16th-am... Then compared it to actual deaths? https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deat...
  • lovegoblin 5y ago
    Asking questions is obviously fine. "Just asking questions" is a specific bad-faith rhetorical tactic: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions
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