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.

  • @rhacer
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    -1510 months ago

    I believe in Liberty above all else. I also believe you cannot be moral and a politician, and that voting is an immoral act.

    I sympathize with your view, but cannot buy in to it

      • @rhacer
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        -110 months ago

        For everyone. I give no fucks who you are, live your life as you see fit.

          • @rhacer
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            -110 months ago

            Always easy to tell when people are commenting in bad faith.

            • knightly the Sneptaur
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              110 months ago

              Right? Saying they’re for “Liberty” without offering a clue as to what they mean by such a vague term.