Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke
by pjc50 on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:40AM
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Yes?
I mean, Icke is the most clear-cut of examples. Otherwise you end up backing into "nobody is ever qualified to determine the truth of any statement objectively and correctly". Nihilist anti-positivism.
The thing about the coronavirus is that wrong decisions, both by public health and private individuals, produce real body counts. And quite alarmingly high body counts in those countries which have embraced disinformation.
(Before someone starts in on it, the Iraq war was also a body count produced by the embracing of disinformation)
I mean, Icke is the most clear-cut of examples. Otherwise you end up backing into "nobody is ever qualified to determine the truth of any statement objectively and correctly". Nihilist anti-positivism.
The thing about the coronavirus is that wrong decisions, both by public health and private individuals, produce real body counts. And quite alarmingly high body counts in those countries which have embraced disinformation.
(Before someone starts in on it, the Iraq war was also a body count produced by the embracing of disinformation)