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Humanity needs ground truths or we just descend into anomie.

• gruez 2y ago
  Yeah, but that's not why people are upset about factchecks. They're upset about it being used in nitpicky ways in an attempt to score political points, eg. https://x.com/NBCNews/status/785299709342654465 https://x.com/NBCNews/status/785299709342654465
  • sickofparadox 2y ago
    Or when they "fact check" a statement with 4 paragraphs of text that amount to "it's true but inconvenient so we'll say it's been 'fact checked' to undermine the statement." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/10/us/debate-trump-harris-fact-check/now-she-wants-to-do-transgender-operations-on-illegal-aliens-that-are-in-prison?smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/10/us/debate-trump-harr...
  • ZeroGravitas 2y ago
    Some people are upset about that. Some people are upset that their politically convenient lies are being challenged.
    • KoolKat23 2y ago
      And ironically more chaos/anomie, we can't even trust/agree on what we're upset about.
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  • KoolKat23 2y ago
    This is also why I wish political slogans were better worded. Yes it's catchy but others dismiss it at face value when there is perhaps some truth to whatever nuanced grievance they're trying to express. Further polarising debate.