Comment by andrepd
2 days ago
Three links from manifestly right-wing organisations decrying the lack of free speech on the left are not exactly convincing.
2 days ago
Three links from manifestly right-wing organisations decrying the lack of free speech on the left are not exactly convincing.
Linking from right-wing organizations does not make the facts presented in the articles less true… you should critique the content of the articles, not their origin.
Brandolini's Law is relevant. If we havs to carefully point-by-point critique every point our opponent makes, while they get to use ChatGPT to write nonsense at fifty times human reading speed, we lose.
To work around this, when a bullshit-producing organization is cited, it's proper to ask for an alternative citation from an organization that produces mostly non-bullshit. If it truly isn't bullshit content, there should be many, so cite one.
It's just spam filtering. I don't reply to "forward this to ten people you know or suffer eternal damnation" but my ignorance doesn't mean they're right. If you put important content in an email starting with "Dear Sir or Madam, I have a business proposal, I am a Nigerian prince" that's on you and the fact that I ignore your email doesn't mean I agree with whatever you wrote in the email.
Except that in this particular case these were not bullshit articles. I had time to read them and I agree with them. You should read the articles before calling them names….
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