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Unpaid Fact-Checkers Are Getting Burnout from Debunking So Many Nazis on TikTok
- chuckee 5y ago> Richards’s latest video is about Hyperborea, a fantastical Arctic, Aryan fairyland that has emanated from esoteric Naziism, a mystical branch of the fascist, racist ideology. Hyperboreans were a mythical people who lived in the northernmost parts of the planet, and were white with blond hair and blue eyes – a race that neo-Nazis want to restore. I sure am glad neo-Nazi's claims are so ridiculous and patently false. They're already such a big problem, it's frightening to imagine how much their popularity might grow if they made half-way reasonable claims!
- smt88 5y agoIf you honestly think beliefs need to be reasonable to spread widely, you should remember flat-earth theory, astrology, healing crystals, most organized religions, QAnon, chemtrails, etc. There is nothing less scary about these ideas because they're ludicrous. What makes them scary is whether they are harmful and whether people want to believe them for some reason.
- rvz 5y agoAnother forever cat and mouse game where even if they were paid, it is still a losing battle and those spreading disinformation are going to win. So, what is the point of this? Given how easy it is to spread such disinformation on the internet, you should assume that if there is no convincing evidence presented, it can be quickly dismissed. Doing this is a huge waste of time. Don’t believe every, single, thing on the internet.
- londgine 5y agorelevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/