• Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I’m concerned (reasonably) that mass media and constant misinformation/disinformation campaigns on social media and other platforms are changing peoples’ minds not with facts but with lies and deception. I don’t think this is controversial.

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      6 months ago

      So am I, that’s why a third of people oppose stricter gun control laws. Without the constant misinformation/disinformation campaigns on social media and other platforms it would be over 90% in favour of stricter gun control laws.

      You see how that works? You didn’t actually present an argument, you just assumed you are correct without any need of supporting your claims, and the argument goes nowhere.

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        6 months ago

        The fact that the media reports shootings in the vicinity of schools as school shootings to pump up the numbers is evidence on my side.