Re:Assange case: Key witness admits he lied
by pydry on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:17AM
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What do you call a bad faith argument adopted by somebody in good faith?
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"perfectly ordinary political discou..." oh wait, no that isn't right.
I don't know. Not astroturfing though, that has implications that the people arguing don't believe what they are saying and are just in it for a cheque.
Ok so what do you call the mass of people that includes:
1. In it for the cheque. 2. Believe the people who are in it for the cheque.
Given that there's very rarely an easy way to tell them apart and 2 follows 1?
Honest question.
I would lean towards calling it a wave of astroturfing given that 2 doesnt happen without 1 and 2 and 1 are inseparable, but I can potentially see the argument for using different terminology if there is something more precise.
What, though?