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Re:Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most ... by evgen on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:29AM (#26328714)
When one's socio-political worldview depends upon denying reality it is not surprising that some people choose to avoid cognitive dissonance by sharing and proselytizing fantasy that confirms their biases. At the moment left-wing positions on contentious issues are less in conflict with available facts and create less cognitive dissonance, leading to less need for a retreat into make-believe stories.

It is also worth noting that the next-most likely cohort to reject reality was the far left. Quite a ways below the far right, but noticeably divergent from centrists and those who were only slightly left or right.

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Re:Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most ... by jrsj on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:38AM (#26328838)
Maybe they do this because they know the “reality” presented to them is also a lie, but right-wing lies are the only alternative they are presented with. Using more facts and data to back up a fundamentally false narrative doesn’t make it any more true.
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Re:Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most ... by tharne on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:35AM (#26328797)
> At the moment left-wing positions on contentious issues are less in conflict with available facts

That really depends on the issue in question. Climate change? Yes, the left is living in reality more so than the right. How gender relates to biology? I'd say the right is more grounded in reality on this one.

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Re:Far-right pages that publish misinformation get the most ... by jrsj on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @09:40AM (#26328880)
I actually saw someone with a relatively large following on Twitter the other day suggest that the government give mandatory hormone blockers to all children so that they more easily decide their gender. I wouldn’t even call them the far left because they seem to have no interest in economic issues, but some people really have lost their goddamn minds with this shit.
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