Honest attempt to answer: I think they're saying believing information is invalid just because someone in political power declares it to be untrustworthy does not, in fact, mean the information is untrustworthy.
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Sometimes it just means the person in power dislikes what's being said, and so will do everything they can to discredit it.
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Moral of the story: Both sides have agendas. If you blindly believe either, you could spend a very large amount of time defending/fighting for a cause or person that, in reality, is unjust, unfair, and you don't believe in. And, in reality, you're likely part of the problem.
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Admittedly, a lot of people wouldn't have cared whether Hitler was lying or not. They wanted and needed a rallying cry, and the Nazis provided that. Much the same as Trump has done in a lot of scenarios. And, no, I'm not calling Trump Hitler, or a Nazi, so don't open that can of worms based on this comment please
But there has been plenty of cases in the past few years where the public has been, if not blatantly lied to, purposefully mislead on multiple occasions, regarding many important topics. It's coming from both sides of the political sphere, and with no sign of impartial change in the media, it would be irresponsible of everyone to simply accept what the media tells us.
Yes, when I said "both sides" I meant both the political leaders (either side) and the news itself have agendas. There's almost no way these days to get the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Then again, it's always been that way in one way or another
Xvarnah has an absolute point here. There will always be news or "facts" that'll suit your opinion, but only relying on them won't bring you closer to the truth. As a person in 21st century, which in most of the cases means being educated better than any generation before, one should be smart enough to not spend life in an "opinion bubble", but to differ between sources, agendas and most importantly profiters. Every information starting with "studies have shown..." immediately has to lead to the question on who paid the studies and why.
About that same time, the Nazis were taking everyone's guns in the name of safety. Where does that fall into your Trump/Hitler correlation?
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Also, Obama was calling out Fox news, Rush Limbaugh, etc for false news long before trump came along.
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Is it possible you might be concerned about the wrong people?
Even though Trump is being used as an example, the point is that this is happening every day, everywhere. Maybe not as exploitive and striking as with the Donald, but it's a global phenomenon. And last not least, you're right, Trump would never be brave or smart enough to ban guns.
Well, considering the amount of casualties by firearms (over 30.000p/a) in the US, "smart" is a bit too less, you're right. Actually, it would be common sense.
It's either per annum (yearly)
or possum attacks.
Maybe portable aardvark?
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You are literally comparing Trump to a Nazi.
Past that, what's your point? Democrats call Republicans fake news all the time and you now think that Trump was the one that coined the term "fake news"?
I think it’s the frequency and intensity that is the difference. The fact that President Trump uses nicknames like “Crooked” Hillary and The “Failing” New York Times is particularly cringey to me. The President is supposed to be somewhat dignified.
I don’t think he is one and I don’t think drawing a parallel between a technique Nazis used and one he uses means he’s being called one. Nazis ate sausage and so do I, doesn’t make me a Nazi.
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BREAKING:
Scatman eats sausage, Nazi connection confirmed!
What reaction would you expect when you call someone a Nazi when they aren't one?
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Thats much different than being offended because someone uses a pronoun thats not preferred.
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Sometimes it just means the person in power dislikes what's being said, and so will do everything they can to discredit it.
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Moral of the story: Both sides have agendas. If you blindly believe either, you could spend a very large amount of time defending/fighting for a cause or person that, in reality, is unjust, unfair, and you don't believe in. And, in reality, you're likely part of the problem.
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Admittedly, a lot of people wouldn't have cared whether Hitler was lying or not. They wanted and needed a rallying cry, and the Nazis provided that. Much the same as Trump has done in a lot of scenarios. And, no, I'm not calling Trump Hitler, or a Nazi, so don't open that can of worms based on this comment please
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Also, Obama was calling out Fox news, Rush Limbaugh, etc for false news long before trump came along.
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Is it possible you might be concerned about the wrong people?
What is that?
or possum attacks.
Maybe portable aardvark?
Past that, what's your point? Democrats call Republicans fake news all the time and you now think that Trump was the one that coined the term "fake news"?
Scatman eats sausage, Nazi connection confirmed!
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Thats much different than being offended because someone uses a pronoun thats not preferred.