Add the tendency to use false "either/or" comparisons to deflect attention or deny importance of dynamics: why it all feels so discouraging.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/806193615726845952 …
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No, but large numbers of people voting based on smoke & mirrors rather than policy & substance is same-old same-old.
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If voters were really paying attention, the misinformation wouldn’t have had nearly the impact.
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also, Whataboutism. Scourge of rational debate since the invention of both rationality and debate, presumably.
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Yep. "You are a hypocrite" is fine and may well be true, but doesn't negate a point or erase a dynamic.https://twitter.com/LucDockendorf/status/808318115578867713 …
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Most of what I'm seeing is Pope Leo X redux. "Printing press? No big deal. Same-old, same-old. Folks always had objections to indulgences."
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