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Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by GarrisonPrime on Friday October 25, 2019 @12:19PM (#21356485)
>It propaganda for fascists, and a machine of hate, targeting the mental inept.

Funny. I would have said the same about nearly every primary left-leaning media outlet.

Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by dang on Friday October 25, 2019 @03:34PM (#21358462)
Please don't take HN threads further into ideological battle. We want thoughtful, substantive comments here, not tit-for-tat flamewars.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by happytoexplain on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:19PM (#21357133)
That seems extreme. Isn't it irrational to declare that "every" source that "leans" toward whatever political identity you presumably dislike is "propaganda" and "a machine of hate"? That sounds like the most absurd generalization possible - in fact, it sounds like a product of ignorance and hatred.
Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by th0ma5 on Friday October 25, 2019 @12:28PM (#21356593)
Fascism is defined as right wing extremism[1]. Hating hate and haters is different than the hate of otherness stoked by fascists[2].

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by rubyn00bie on Friday October 25, 2019 @12:30PM (#21356615)
There’s a big difference between the right and left here. If you’re unable to look past your petty lines drawn with colors you’d realize one is a source of shit posting and the other is a source of hate.

It’s ignorance like yours that keeps progress back. But whatever...

Re:Facebook includes Breitbart in curated trusted news by dang on Friday October 25, 2019 @03:33PM (#21358449)
Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar, and especially please don't cross into personal attack. We ban accounts that do those things. If you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and take the spirit of this site to heart, we'd be grateful.