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1. PaulDa+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-06-04 01:09:16
We have an actively status-quo favoring media, not an activist one. The former president was a pathological liar (thousands of documented clear lies during his office), and there were (and are) extremely good reasons to ignore more or less anything he said.
replies(2): >>ALittl+X >>jkhdig+12
2. ALittl+X[view] [source] 2021-06-04 01:19:31
>>PaulDa+(OP)
There are reasons to ignore what Trump says - not reasons to believe the opposite of what he says. In other words, if Trump says "Covid was made in a Chinese lab" that shouldn't convince anyone either way. I'm afraid it may have convinced our media though that "Covid was definitely not made in a Chinese lab" and that is basically the same mistake as believing everything Trump says.
3. jkhdig+12[view] [source] 2021-06-04 01:28:23
>>PaulDa+(OP)
To paraphrase one of my favorite comedies, Super Troopers:

“But Trump’s lies are cheeky and fun!

Yeah, and the establishment’s lies are cruel and tragic.”

Of course this is an overstatement; Trump’s lies were not pretty but the point is that obvious lies are significantly less damaging than well-hidden lies. It’s the skillful liars that one needs to be wary of.

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4. mitiga+3d[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-06-04 03:14:35
>>jkhdig+12
Lying about election fraud has caused a great deal of damage.
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5. knowav+Ze[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-06-04 03:33:36
>>jkhdig+12
This is massively downplaying the amount of damage trump & his cohort's lies have done and continue to do.
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