American press isn't up for it. They're still playing both-sides footsie because even now, they're not informed enough to realize that debunking looks partisan because disinformation purveyors designed it to look that way
And that there are disinformation purveyors shitting up the counterdisinfo worlds. Look what they do, look what they say. Look at where we're at compared to where we were seven years ago and who is saying what.
"Strong social connections between individuals who generate false content and individuals who fact-check that content can make the former more likely to correct their own statements....
"This finding fits with additional research that shows individuals depend on their social networks as trusted news sources and are more likely to share a post if it originates from a friend."

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Jan 28
The butterfly, as I've mentioned before, is a potent symbol of transformation and freedom to the desperate people making the incredibly dangerous trek across the desert to seek asylum in the United States
So of course the far right is going to target a butterfly center at the border dailydot.com/debug/national…
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Jan 27
And again: Shame on the self-styled "disinfo experts" who either deliberately overlook misogynist narratives or, worse, leverage them for professional gain. I see you.
Pro tip: All those ding dongs railing on the "feminization" or "pussification" of society are dog whistling directly to these predatory, abusive sad sacks.
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Jan 26
Hello everybody, please enjoy this 1987 op-ed I found by somebody who isn't against seat belts, just seat belt mandates web.archive.org/web/2021032001…
Sorry, I meant letter to the editor in response to an op-ed*, which I am still looking for. But check it out ImageImage
I can't find the anti-seat belt editorial. But I did find this. You see how it's been the exact same pattern, all along, right down to the way it's been politicized? From 1986 web.archive.org/web/2021031904… Image
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Jan 25
This sort of bullshit is recognizable to us at @erumors as the latest in a genre of school hysteria -- the only thing that's changed is the group involved. It used to mostly be about Muslims and trans kids, but I guess disinfo purveyors are branching out

nytimes.com/2022/01/23/us/…
It's very simple. [Designated out-group] is reported to demand some sort of change, which is packaged in hysterical, overemotional language to gin up a moral panic. The bonus is that it can be used to attack public schools as well, as you can see. Example: truthorfiction.com/did-a-muslim-p…
Here's another one (this is from our archives and has not yet been refurbished, so there's a bit of a difference in the formatting)

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Jan 24
It's not really strange. It's horseshoe theory, and anti-democracy activists like Alexandr Dugin think that red-brown alliances in service of far right ideologies are the way to destroy democracies from the ground up and replace them with authoritarianism. It's always been this.
It's ecofascism. Remember all that warning I was doing about population control maniacs and climate warlords and global far right power grabs? I saw them allying and plotting, and wanted to stop it before we got to exactly this
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Jan 23
These people are telling us all important things about what they are.
That's why I posted this thread last night.
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