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The best opinion is formed from complete information. More information is strictly harmful if it’s driven by one-sided bad faith distribution networks. Having

The best opinion is formed from complete information. More information is strictly harmful if it’s driven by one-sided bad faith distribution networks. Having a foreign government control the narratives that reach mass audiences is not at all the same as trusting the public with the ability to communicate.

whatshisface 2y ago
Maybe it would help if we distilled the abstract ideas ("foreign influence on the narrative ") to the specific event (current administration wanted to hide the human cost of Israeli tactics / the existence of a spoiler candidate).
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  I think you missed some important details salient to understanding the conflict in Gaza.
  - whatshisface 2y ago
    Imagine how you would feel if the administration was more Saudi-aligned and wanted to shut down HN because you were doing too good a job of sharing those details! I support all the truth getting out.
    - jncfhnb 2y ago
      Ok great. Could you share the _whole truth_ then please? Could you discuss rocket attacks from Hezbollah? Massive tunnel networks and arms networks? Funding, military training, and arms coordination from Iran? The geopolitical implications of a weak Israel? The complicated connections with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? You’re just spouting one cherry picked narrative of an incredibly messy situation.
      - immibis 2y ago
        It's ironic that you would talk about the whole truth, while not mentioning the rocket attacks on Hezbollah, or who exactly built those tunnel networks or supplied those arms. The geopolitical implications of Israel's existence at all. How Israel got there in the first place. At least you called it "Russia's invasion of Ukraine" though, rather than "America's proxy invasion of Russia in Ukraine"
        jncfhnb 2y ago
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  - immibis 2y ago
    Like the fact it's been continuously invaded and mass-murdered by Israel since Israel began? They call it "mowing the lawn". You mow the lawn periodically so the grass doesn't get too tall.

whatshisface 2y ago

Maybe it would help if we distilled the abstract ideas ("foreign influence on the narrative ") to the specific event (current administration wanted to hide the human cost of Israeli tactics / the existence of a spoiler candidate).

jncfhnb 2y ago
I think you missed some important details salient to understanding the conflict in Gaza.
- whatshisface 2y ago
  Imagine how you would feel if the administration was more Saudi-aligned and wanted to shut down HN because you were doing too good a job of sharing those details! I support all the truth getting out.
  - jncfhnb 2y ago
    Ok great. Could you share the _whole truth_ then please? Could you discuss rocket attacks from Hezbollah? Massive tunnel networks and arms networks? Funding, military training, and arms coordination from Iran? The geopolitical implications of a weak Israel? The complicated connections with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? You’re just spouting one cherry picked narrative of an incredibly messy situation.
    - immibis 2y ago
      It's ironic that you would talk about the whole truth, while not mentioning the rocket attacks on Hezbollah, or who exactly built those tunnel networks or supplied those arms. The geopolitical implications of Israel's existence at all. How Israel got there in the first place. At least you called it "Russia's invasion of Ukraine" though, rather than "America's proxy invasion of Russia in Ukraine"
      - jncfhnb 2y ago
        [flagged]
- immibis 2y ago
  Like the fact it's been continuously invaded and mass-murdered by Israel since Israel began? They call it "mowing the lawn". You mow the lawn periodically so the grass doesn't get too tall.