• Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    3 months ago

    The dangerous thing about disinformation campaigns is that by the time something is done about it, the damage is already done.

    A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes

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      3 months ago

      And unfortunately all of the liars seem to be rooting for the orange guy. The only one we’ve got is the couch rumor starter.

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      Part of any punishment should be the requirement to personally visit every person who was misled, with a Notary Public present, and bring them an official voter registration form to ensure they are allowed to vote.

      Then dissolve the fucking PAC and ban its creators from forming another one for life. We need to stop tolerating the intolerance.

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        I mean, at minimum.

        If you look at a successful disinformation campaign like a natural disaster, it’s much worse than it appears. After a tornado, earthquake, flood, etc, you can just rebuild. But getting people to “un-learn” something they want to believe, no matter how much you prove it was based on lies, is damn near impossible.