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You spend years platforming and agreeing with Nazis and the next thing you know people are not charitably interpreting a hand gesture
January 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
You spend years platforming and agreeing with Nazis and the next thing you know people are not charitably interpreting a hand gesture
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There's a lot of other factors at play but you can't understand this election without acknowledging the influence of right-wing propaganda
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
November 9, 2024 at 3:02 PM
There's a lot of other factors at play but you can't understand this election without acknowledging the influence of right-wing propaganda
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
newrepublic.com/post/188197/...
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The media tried to claim that Biden's unapproval ratings were from being old but they were mostly from their lying and misinformation about how little he accomplished and how bad the economy was.
November 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM
The media tried to claim that Biden's unapproval ratings were from being old but they were mostly from their lying and misinformation about how little he accomplished and how bad the economy was.
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This is 100% right. I've been banging on about this for years now, it's the whole reason I'm back in philosophy to work on political epistemology.
An epistemic environment driven by social media is not going to be compatible with a healthy, functioning democracy.
An epistemic environment driven by social media is not going to be compatible with a healthy, functioning democracy.
This is the whole ballgame for me: You cannot run a functioning democracy in a media environment where voters do not know basic facts about what candidates do and believe.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
Voters are living in a post-internet world and legacy institutions have not kept up.
November 8, 2024 at 2:13 PM
This is 100% right. I've been banging on about this for years now, it's the whole reason I'm back in philosophy to work on political epistemology.
An epistemic environment driven by social media is not going to be compatible with a healthy, functioning democracy.
An epistemic environment driven by social media is not going to be compatible with a healthy, functioning democracy.
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Black lives, POC lives, native lives, Palestinian lives, queer lives, trans lives, immigrant lives, disabled lives, women's lives matter. Today, tomorrow, and forever.
November 6, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Black lives, POC lives, native lives, Palestinian lives, queer lives, trans lives, immigrant lives, disabled lives, women's lives matter. Today, tomorrow, and forever.
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Btw Project 2025 proposes slashing educational aid to families that have children with disabilities
July 24, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Btw Project 2025 proposes slashing educational aid to families that have children with disabilities