Explain Africa. The homeless population. Florida doing great despite almost no mandates. Besides, they’ve been lying to us using statistics from the beginning
Bingo. People don't seem to understand that misinformation works both ways.
Every time someone comes to me with "facts", I just ask them where they got their info. The minute you say CNN / CBC, or say "the news", I just start chuckling. Thing is, it's on BOTH sides. We are shown stuff ( like the magnetic bullshit, the 100% bullshit 'liberal party letter' ) in hopes WE spread actual false information. That just gives them more actual leverage against us.
This happened recently actually. Dude at the paint store, he's a good guy, we agree on lots, but he's a flat earther so I take a lot of what he says as "dude on youtube told me...."
He tried to tell me that, here in Canada, the military was FORCING people against their will and vaxxing them. Like, holding them down against their will and vaxxing them, door to door in B.C.
Couldn't - or mostly likely - wouldn't reveal where he read that. Couldn't even TRY to question the reality of that with him - "100% it IS happening, bro."
So there are people like that, and they get lumped into part of us. I'm very glad that here, unless you have the sauce: don't.
Funny, I send out a lot of emails to a distribution list I have called the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" (name courtesy of HRC). I always cite sources and never send out questionable material. Occasionally someone will send me something for the group and I ask them, of course, what is the source? Ninety-nine times out of a hundred they just say, "I don't know, someone sent it to me."
Why don't people understand the need to verify and cite information before sharing it? The people on my list are normally bright, very conservative people, but some of them don't know the first thing about sharing reliable information. I despair!
Why don't people understand the need to verify and cite information before sharing it? The people on my list are normally bright, very conservative people, but some of them don't know the first thing about sharing reliable information
This is the problem I have. Most people I know ARE quite smart, have good jobs that require working brains. Yet, nobody questions anything the see on FB or Instagram. "It wouldn't be on FB if it wasn't true"
They'll 100% admit that the 'right' floods the internet with lies and conspiracy theories, yet nobody , not even for a second, thinks that maybe, JUST MAYBE the other side is doing it as well?
Explain Africa. The homeless population. Florida doing great despite almost no mandates. Besides, they’ve been lying to us using statistics from the beginning
Well my first response to that chart is, "What is the source of this?" It's not given so it could be from anywhere.
Bingo. People don't seem to understand that misinformation works both ways.
Every time someone comes to me with "facts", I just ask them where they got their info. The minute you say CNN / CBC, or say "the news", I just start chuckling. Thing is, it's on BOTH sides. We are shown stuff ( like the magnetic bullshit, the 100% bullshit 'liberal party letter' ) in hopes WE spread actual false information. That just gives them more actual leverage against us.
This happened recently actually. Dude at the paint store, he's a good guy, we agree on lots, but he's a flat earther so I take a lot of what he says as "dude on youtube told me...."
He tried to tell me that, here in Canada, the military was FORCING people against their will and vaxxing them. Like, holding them down against their will and vaxxing them, door to door in B.C.
Couldn't - or mostly likely - wouldn't reveal where he read that. Couldn't even TRY to question the reality of that with him - "100% it IS happening, bro."
So there are people like that, and they get lumped into part of us. I'm very glad that here, unless you have the sauce: don't.
Funny, I send out a lot of emails to a distribution list I have called the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" (name courtesy of HRC). I always cite sources and never send out questionable material. Occasionally someone will send me something for the group and I ask them, of course, what is the source? Ninety-nine times out of a hundred they just say, "I don't know, someone sent it to me."
Why don't people understand the need to verify and cite information before sharing it? The people on my list are normally bright, very conservative people, but some of them don't know the first thing about sharing reliable information. I despair!
Exactly.
This is the problem I have. Most people I know ARE quite smart, have good jobs that require working brains. Yet, nobody questions anything the see on FB or Instagram. "It wouldn't be on FB if it wasn't true"
They'll 100% admit that the 'right' floods the internet with lies and conspiracy theories, yet nobody , not even for a second, thinks that maybe, JUST MAYBE the other side is doing it as well?
Very, very frustrating.