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dbarila said:
I just can't imagine the mentality of treating everything you read on Facebook as a reliable source. Even some of the "leftist" pages I follow I read with skepticism.
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I think it's partially an age w/ technology problem. For so long, the older generations got news from reputable sources (newspapers/tv/news websites) so you believed everything. The ease of literally anyone posting anything and making it seem like it's true is harder for non-tech savvy people to read through the lines.
 
wokeupnew said:
I think it's partially an age w/ technology problem. For so long, the older generations got news from reputable sources (newspapers/tv/news websites) so you believed everything. The ease of literally anyone posting anything and making it seem like it's true is harder for non-tech savvy people to read through the lines.
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Agree. It's the same reason my parents answer every single call they get on their cell phones and I don't answer any.
 
dbarila said:
I just can't imagine the mentality of treating everything you read on Facebook as a reliable source. Even some of the "leftist" pages I follow I read with skepticism.
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Yeah my aunt is always posting things about saving animals and the environment, which I think is great, but a lot of them are fake and a quick Google/snopes search would have told her that. I think even if it is someone I agree with, frequent blind assumption that is rampant online these days really hurts their credibility.
 
I keep my Facebook so that I can keep up with my family members on the other side of the country without actually having to go visit FL (shout out to @Jonathan Y and @Colonel_Angus). However, it is maddening watching so many intelligent people blindly believing every inflammatory, click-bait story without even a cursory glance at the article. Much less any independent thought or basic research/fact checking.

I generally do not engage as most of them are unwilling to consider a different perspective or actual verified data that contradicts their view. However, sometimes I am unable to help myself. Especially if it’s posted by a family member whom I consider intelligent enough not to fall for the blatantly obvious Republican thirst-traps. However, it usually ends with me posting multiple responses filled with actual data and analysis from verified sources and them just going “but our Freedoms are being STOLEN”. Why do I even try 🤷🏽‍♂️
 
I just had a family member explain all of pizzagate to me without saying the word pizzagate as she attempted to defend her position. When I asked her if she really believed all the QAnon pizzagate stuff she got defensive telling me that she never said anything about Q or Pizzagate, then she told me delete her. 🤦‍♂️ gladly!
 
Tys1 said:
I just had a family member explain all of pizzagate to me without saying the word pizzagate as she attempted to defend her position. When I asked her if she really believed all the QAnon pizzagate stuff she got defensive telling me that she never said anything about Q or Pizzagate, then she told me delete her. 🤦‍♂️ gladly!
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I've been to Comet Pizza a bunch of times. Do I have blood on my hands!?

So...?

 
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