Disinformation is the deliberate use of lies to manipulate people, whether to extract profit or to advance a political agenda. Its unwitting accomplice, misinformation, is spread by unknowing dupes who repeat lies they believe to be true. In America today, both forms of falsehood are distorting our perception of reality.

In a democracy, the people need a shared set of facts as a basis to debate and make decisions that advance and secure their collective interests. Differences of opinion, and even propaganda, have always existed in the United States, but now, enemies of democracy are using disinformation to attack our sovereign right to truthful information, intellectual integrity, and the exercise of the will of the people. Online disinformation is particularly insidious because of its immediacy, its capacity to deceive, and its ability to reach its target.

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          Yeah, actually, it does

          Disingenuous pricks like you don’t actually listen when points are made, so instead we point out that you’re acting in bad faith and laugh while downvoting.

          You should know this by now it happens to you guys all the time

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            >Yeah, actually, it does

            no, it doesn’t. a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. when someone is asked to support their position, and they instead attack the person asking, no one should believe their claim.

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              a claim made without evidence

              Good thing I didn’t make a claim, then. You said I had to defend my position when I do not, that’s all that I said.

              when someone is asked to support their position, and they instead attack the person asking, no one should believe their claim.

              I agree. Unless said person has a history of participating in bad faith, like yourself.

              You can add user notes to people on Lemmy, I have one for you and am quite familiar with your complete lack of basic conversational skills thanks to it.

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                >You can add user notes to people on Lemmy,

                you can do that on mastodon, but it’s not a core feature of lemmy. are you using the paid, proprietary client for a free software, federated protocol platform?

                gross.

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                  are you using the paid, proprietary client for a free software, federated protocol platform?

                  First: there’s more than one paid app

                  Second: No, I didn’t pay for the app I’m using

                  Third: Entirely irrelevant to the discussion, as usual

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      And redirecting too! Wow, you’re managed to hit several of the bad faith talking points that conservatives use.