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Re:IDF Soldiers Confess: Ordered to Shoot Unarmed Gazans at ... by aisenik on Sunday June 29, 2025 @01:29PM (#44414786)
I'm as prone to it as the next tech-influenced millennial, but we really need to consider the legibility of deadpan sarcastic mockery in an environment where people are inclined to sincerely hold outrageous beliefs.

Credulity is boundless, even (especially) in this world of open information warfare. Messages that require side-channels and discrimination with intentionally limited information are guaranteed to be misperceived and likely to have harmful memetic impact.

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Re:IDF Soldiers Confess: Ordered to Shoot Unarmed Gazans at ... by sorcerer-mar on Sunday June 29, 2025 @01:46PM (#44414911)
That's fair feedback! I struggled to tamp down on a snarkier response that read more like: "I am a direct beneficiary of one side of this debate. If we are to be intellectually honest then we need to be sure to cast as much skepticism as we can muster onto the other side."

Agreed though, earnestness is one of our most urgent shortages.

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