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1. Someon+87[view] [source] 2022-07-14 18:50:54
>>themgt+(OP)
I've never heard of "commonsense.news" before, but it is by Bari Weiss[0] who is trying to create an "anti-cancel culture," "anti-woke" University called the University of Austin[1]. Her Wikipedia on her history kind of speaks for itself, in particular the "2017–2020" section[0].

Why does this matter? Because most of the articles claims are based on "spoke to us" quotes from anonymous staffers which cannot be independently verified. So it falls to the reputation of those publishing and their journalistic integrity/process, and at that point I leave it to you to make up your own mind.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari_Weiss#2017%E2%80%932020:_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Austin

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2. ch4s3+sT[view] [source] 2022-07-15 00:22:07
>>Someon+87
One could uncharitably rephrase your argument as "this woman is a witch and any article on this witch's site is heretical".

There are a lot of valid scientific reasons to criticize the CDC's approach to the COVID pandemic, including their own publications[1]. One could also point to the different paths taken by other OECD nations with respect to children and see that the CDC diverged sharply, but presented no data to justify those policies.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/eis/field-epi-manual/chapters/Communicat...

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3. ImPost+hB1[view] [source] 2022-07-15 07:42:45
>>ch4s3+sT
that would indeed be uncharitable because witches don't exist

if you replace witch with "unreliable source", a thing that does exist, it would be a more intellectually honest rephrasing

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4. ch4s3+Ya2[view] [source] 2022-07-15 13:26:56
>>ImPost+hB1
I'm using it as a stand in for disfavored woman in society. I don't always or even generally agree with her, but there are some valid critiques of the CDC in the article, and that has nothing to do with anything she has or has not said in other places.
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