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Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by ekjhgkejhgk on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:09AM (#47085524)
You don't have to worry about projecting truth. The truth gets through. This is about projecting lies.
Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by backscratches on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:44AM (#47085772)
Truth does not get through.
Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by ben_w on Friday February 20, 2026 @04:48AM (#47085815)
> The truth gets through.

It often doesn't at all, drowned amongst lies.

And sometimes it takes a lifetime or two.

It took Boris Yeltsin, who had just become the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, actually visiting a random grocery store in Houston before he realised what the truth was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_visit_by_Boris_Yeltsin_to...

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by snowpid on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:51AM (#47086324)
most common people were aware of the cliff in economy between capitalist and communist states. Hence we had so many revolution and communism lost.

This was a communist apparatchik. Its like showing truth to MAGA people. Most wont accept it.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by ben_w on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:57AM (#47087439)
> Its like showing truth to MAGA people. Most wont accept it.

Could be. That was the other example I was considering using besides Yeltsin, but I figured it would immediately get met with "no u" responses from those who, as you say, won't accept it. That makes for boring conversations where I learn nothing.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by snowpid on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:16AM (#47087633)
see it this way. Yelzin's reaction was very surprising. You can see how other communist burocrats reacted to facts.

Even in democratic societies politicians don't change their beliefs so fast (maybe most human?). But luckily we can vote them out so this is not a big problem.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by realo on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:46PM (#47091238)
Somehow I feel "we can vote them out" is going to be thoroughly tested in the next US elections.

Good luck, Earthlings ...

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by snowpid on Sunday February 22, 2026 @07:17AM (#47110414)
I dont live in the US, next election I can vote them out
Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by lucasRW on Friday February 20, 2026 @05:08AM (#47085979)
"The truth gets through."

Yeah I agree, we shouldn't be too concerned about Iran, Russia, or China, censoring the internet, the truth gets through.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by realo on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:50PM (#47091304)
No need to go so far.

"Global tariffs all over the spectrum help the US economy! Look at my Beautiful Big Chart !" ... yeah, right.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by kalterdev on Friday February 20, 2026 @06:20AM (#47086559)
In other words, a free system is inevitably ruled by hypocrites, while in dictatorships they are rejected that opportunity. This is another variant of “in democracy, people cannot rule because they’re stupid.”

Statists, failing to admit their guilt, blame everyone but themselves.

And no, the truth does not get through, even after centuries.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by jwarden on Friday February 20, 2026 @06:44AM (#47086794)
What if the truth is that something is a lie?

Promoting truth and opposing lies are the same thing.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by lII1lIlI11ll on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:42AM (#47087307)
> You don't have to worry about projecting truth. The truth gets through. This is about projecting lies.

I wouldn't be so sure. Significant part of Russian population believes that they are purging Ukraine of evil nazis, for example. Or that WW2 started on 22 June 1941.

Re:US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe a... by user205738 on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:29PM (#47090991)
It looks like you're part of a mechanism for spreading lies)

Everyone starting from school knows that 22 June 1941 The Great Patriotic War began (Великая отечественная война). This is not the beginning of the WW2.

And what is the lie in the fact that Ukraine glorifies nazi criminals? You can see this for yourself.