Re:The war on disinformation is a war on dissent
by throwawayboise on Saturday February 06, 2021 @06:03PM
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> Kerry is too intellectual and Bush is a “salt of the earth” kind of guy.
I remember that election and for me it was nothing to do with Kerry's intellect it was that he's a pretentious, lecturing windbag.
> if people are free to believe that our politicians are lizard people from another planet without much consequences to that lunacy, some will
Yes, some will. Not enough to really matter, and I think you do more harm than good by drawing attention to it. I vote Republican but I never heard of Qanon until people on the left started talking about it.
I remember that election and for me it was nothing to do with Kerry's intellect it was that he's a pretentious, lecturing windbag.
> if people are free to believe that our politicians are lizard people from another planet without much consequences to that lunacy, some will
Yes, some will. Not enough to really matter, and I think you do more harm than good by drawing attention to it. I vote Republican but I never heard of Qanon until people on the left started talking about it.