Re:USA Temperature: can I sucker you?
by dragonwriter on Sunday August 12, 2018 @08:31PM
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> Do you really think everyone labelled a denier is dishonest
No, which is why the bit of my post you quote says “either dishonest ... or ...”
> This isn't the self-narrative I'd expect for someone "aimed at sacrificing the future of humanity for short-term personal gain".
It's very much a public self-narrative I'd expect from someone trying to sell a dishonest position on the issue; concern trolling is a concept with a name because it works, and propagandists know and leverage the fact that it works.
No, which is why the bit of my post you quote says “either dishonest ... or ...”
> This isn't the self-narrative I'd expect for someone "aimed at sacrificing the future of humanity for short-term personal gain".
It's very much a public self-narrative I'd expect from someone trying to sell a dishonest position on the issue; concern trolling is a concept with a name because it works, and propagandists know and leverage the fact that it works.