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 Originally Posted by boost
re: peoples reaction of skepticism about a story that /T_D latches onto:
This is a terrible way to operate. "your side" will make mistakes, and "the other side" will latch onto these. Sometimes "the other side" will fabricate or exaggerate negative stories about "your side", and vice versa-- but to just outright disbelieve a story because it works to the advantage of those you disagree, and therefore is promoted by them, is going to leave you in a truthless bubble built of confirmation bias.
I disagree. If the other side is routinely coming up with dumb shit, at some point it's better to just close your mind to it than to keep thinking 'oh really? So and so runs a child porn ring out of a pizza joint?'
Sure my side will do some dumb shit and some shit that's corrupt, and they'll get caught. That doesn't mean I should listen to tinfoil hatters who come up with implausible fantasies.
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