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Dave Gallagher's avatar

Thanks for focusing on misinformation. It does require more energy to correct misinformation than it does to produce it. The ADS demonstrated this fact when it devoted space and time to documenting and correcting Trump's lies after he became president in 2017. The task proved to large and was abandoned. Let's not forget that we now have a Vice President who publically stated that he was not opposed to making things up if doing so advanced the agenda. He said this soon after disparaging Haitian refugees by claiming that they were eating their neighbor's cats and dogs. Misinformation is a dangerous problem and explains why those who depend on spreading misinformation dislike a free and independent press.

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Kristen Randall's avatar

It’s especially hard to disprove BS because people earnestly want to believe the BS. It’s emotional, it probably fires up several parts of the brain, and it’s oh-so-boring to research facts and find out one is wrong. Keshel is doing a good job of proving this Law. How many exhibits, proofs, pictures, sworn statements, and testimonies does she even need? I sure hope at the conclusion of her witch trial, she makes a big ‘ol apology. But something tells me that will either not happen, or it’ll be some waffling statement that’s difficult to parse.

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Algo Mas's avatar

Watch Turning Point USA deploy every disinformation tactic they can to affect our lives. They have started with the School Boards...they won't stop there. These people are sick and wrong. They lurk behind the scenes and there are a lot of them. They are mostly too extreme to win an election...that won't stop them. They are nothing if not gleeful conspiracy theorists.

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Carolyn's avatar

Republicans hate Americans. No healthcare plans they would rather let us all die. (Prove me wrong). Actually I love my Republican friends and relatives and don’t believe what I wrote for a second (politicians withstanding) but MAGA has taken over the party and it looks dismal. Remember CRT is was corrupting our children’s brains. Who even knew what it was or meant it was just bad. Now it’s DEI. They are very good at taking acronyms and making them evil or good. DEI bad.MAGA good.

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Carolyn's avatar

Everything you need to know you learned in kindergarten. I was wrong. I’m sorry. Let’s play together.

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