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I don't think it does stand on its own, because it doesn't actually engage with the point. We know exactly why this happened. It's not because "crazy people" (w

I don't think it does stand on its own, because it doesn't actually engage with the point. We know exactly why this happened. It's not because "crazy people" (whatever those are) exist. It's because there is a concentrated campaign of lies directed at a large portion of the population who don't have the tools to distinguish that they are lies. Your remark seems to hand-wave all responsibility onto "crazy people" (whoever those are) instead of admitting that there is a severe problem with how members of this country fail to communicate with each other. It's really important to talk about this issue. It matters for the future of this country, far more than just about anything else does.

Karunamon 4y ago
The fact that this "concentrated campaign of lies" (whatever that means) has resulted in so little actual damage (note: random members of the public believing things you would rather they do not, do not count as "damage") leads me to believe that the relatively new fear and outrage against it amounts to a politically motivated desire to clamp down on public discourse. The fact that there is bipartisan support for gutting section 230 should give anyone severe pause. It is the responsibility of the listener to police their own information intake. Anything else leads down a well greased slippery slope ending in the maws of dragons.