I just love when someone doesn't understand that APnews regularly spreads propaganda. Amazing to me that westies think that propaganda is only something that happens in outside the west. 😂

[–] memfree@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just love it when someone posts propaganda and then goes into their own thread attempting to discredit everyone else as propaganda.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

PosTinG NeWs abOut ThE ResUltS oF aN EleCtiOn Is PropaGnadA! 🤡

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I really appreciate all the work you do surfacing fresh takes on important global news. It’s a really valuable service to the community, and for that you have my thanks.

I’m also getting tired of the hard propaganda spin you add to the comments, presumably to counter the western propaganda you see responding to your posts.

I’d prefer to see the news without the verbal combat and assumptions that others are deluded or have an agenda.

But it’s your choice. I just may end up spending more time fact checking your statements in the future; it’s a shame to have to do so.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

In general, I would encourage you not to take things at face value and actually spend some time learning about topics like this. You shouldn't take my word for things, but this is obvious to you because what I say often goes against your existing beliefs. It's even more important to fact check things that align with your biases. The kind of misinformation that's the most effective is the kind that feeds on what you're already primed to believe.

edit: quite telling how people start downvoting comments that encourage them to question their conditioning 🤡

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

It’s something to do with the us/them culture. People responded to both of us not based on what we said, but based on where they thought we were coming from related to their own sense of identity.

Your edit is likely to draw more downvotes though, because it’s potentially implying things about the readers that have nothing to do with your original valid argument.