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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by Xylakant on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @02:56PM (#30263692)
> This is a rhetorical trick being misinterpreted as some baseless claim.

That part of the story is comparatively easy to check - the audio is available if you follow the link in the article. The relevant section is at about 1:10 minutes. The quote is “I’m sorry you’re ok with children being raped.”

https://mobile.twitter.com/pblodlr/status/148758898845411328...

That’s not a rhetorical trick. It’s an attempt to smear a person or organization by slinging dirt that has no grounding in reality. Dealing with this kinds of baseless lines of reasoning is part of the problem.

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Re:You cannot police misinformation in a fair, reproducible,... by BitwiseFool on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @03:03PM (#30263790)
I maintain that it is still a rhetorical trick. "If you oppose X, you must be okay with Y" is very common. Underhanded and unfair, but it happens all the time.
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