Misinformation research is buckling under GOP legal attacks

wetnoodle , 9 months ago

Any Republican supporting this should be put in prison, ah yes, let’s steamroll the scientific communities free speech with our “even freer speech™”

rhacer , 9 months ago

Your comment illustrates the problem perfectly…

You don’t believe exactly as I do, do you should be in jail.

wetnoodle , 9 months ago

Yes enacting a law that bans organizations from research is the same as those organization marking FALSE information and VIOLENCE AS FALLSE INFORMATION AND VIOLENCE./S you glue eating asshole, I’m not saying they should be in jail for believing different things. I’m saying they should be in jail for undermining democracy by making it illegal to discuss the issue without catering to fascists. Gtfoh

rhacer , 9 months ago

Up-vote from me just so more people can see this drivel.

wetnoodle , 9 months ago

Well I’m sure you won’t be receiving any, seeing as you’re defending making laws against medical research that Republicans don’t like

rhacer , 9 months ago

Medical research? Disinformation research has nothing to do with medical research. It may have something to do with the response to medical research, or the response to say a laptop from a pawn shop, or maybe the response to accusations of collusion with the Russian government.

wetnoodle , 9 months ago

Read the article please.

gregorum , 9 months ago

It doesn’t confirm their biases, so they’ll just ignore it if they even bother

rhacer , 9 months ago

Unfortunately, paywalled.

wetnoodle , 9 months ago

I’m sure you still won’t get it but those paywalls aren’t hard to bypass - web.archive.org/…/online-misinformation-jim-jorda…

SuddenlyBlowGreen , 9 months ago

That would require him to be able to read, unfortunately…

rhacer , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

That’s an interesting read, but after reading it I find nothing about a chilling effect on medical research, but I do find quite a bit about a chilling effect on how research is communicated to the public.

Those are completely different things.

phoenixz , 9 months ago

Yes.

When you have a platform and spout known misinformation that lets people die from preventable diseases, you kmshpuld be in jail.

When you spout known misinformation that undermines democracy, you should be in jail.

When you spout misinformation that allows you to lie, cheat, and abuse, then yes, you should go to jail.

If you go against science, then fuck you, rot in jail. I’m sick and tired of “but muh freedums” responses anytime we ask politicians and celebrities to be truthful. Fuck. that. Shit.