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They said they watched him speak. The image they built must be made of that footage then, no? How much closer do you want people to get to the source?
by npteljes 1y ago
They said they watched him speak. The image they built must be made of that footage then, no? How much closer do you want people to get to the source?
- lostmsu 1y agoYou don't. You don't bias interpretation like that at all.
- npteljes 1y agoWith politics, if you after the truth, you have to consider context. Coded / indirect speech is common, and it's also common to say an acceptable thing, while meaning an entirely different thing, aka dogwhistling (like "family values").
- lostmsu 1y agoDon't you think this approach might be the reason for the extreme polarization of the politics in US? If one side demonizes the other based on "considering context".
- npteljes 1y agoI don't. What would be the alternative, believe the face value outright? That's not just a bad approach to politics, where everything is about controlling narratives, but a bad life advice in general. Or do I misunderstand what you mean?