@Duluth said in Fake News:

@No-Quarter said in Fake News:

Both sides are guilty of this, but right now and particularly in the last few days it has been predominantly the left.

Yes and of course it's only a subset of the left. I know you know that, but I think that's a point worth hammering

There's a nasty strain of progressivism that has been growing on the left this century. It would be great if the left cleaned house in a similar way to right vs the John Birch society in the 60's

Some of the loudest push back on this shit uses really sloppy language (the monolithic left) or somehow introduces Trump. All that does is turn off the people on the left who could help.

Yeah, that's a fair call and an important distinction to make if we want to effectively push back against this.

The reaction to that video has been something else though. Some very prominent left wing commentators, as well as celebrities with many millions of followers have reacted very badly to say the least. Those people aren't on the fringe, they're mainstream which is what really stuck out to me in this instance.

I know what you mean about some of the loudest voices that push back against the regressive left - many of them make a concerted effort to tar all of the left with the same brush which has undoubtedly made things worse not better.

The most concerning thing from this is the way people are dehumanizing each other, and then justifying some really horrible actions based on that. It's nothing new - the 20th century is littered with examples of this - but it's being taken to new levels in the west now, particularly with the media whipping up a frenzy for anything they think can spark a bit of controversy.

A lot of people didn't see a boy with a red hat smiling awkwardly in that video. They saw a political representation of everything they despise, and are calling for a public lynching based on that. If you told these people a few years back they would be trying to ruin the lives of a bunch of kids, even though they didn't even commit any act of violence, I'm sure they'd laugh at you. Yet here we are.

Both sides are guilty of this, but right now and particularly in the last few days it has been predominantly the left. I think it's very clear now that social media has helped give rise to this, and is doing far more damage than good to our society. If you put any of these people in a room with that kid to talk about what happened, there's no way they'd direct the same level of vitriol at him as they'd be forced to see him as another complex human being.

Andrew Little can go fuck himself.

@Rembrandt said in Fake News:

@Paekakboyz That Phillips guy is walking back his comments now. He lied. His group have also admitted they were supporting the Black israelite group who were making honophobic comments and picking on one of the black kids. The whole thing is dusgusting, adults lieing, intimidating and now threatening children because of the colour of their skin and their religion. A lawyer has taken on the case pro-bono, celebs and activists are still pushing the bs narrative and are even organising a protest at the school.

..and people wonder why the alt-right is becoming a thing

That sounds absolutely insane - where did you hear that? (hard to find good information on this story in amongst all the crap).

This is a twitter thread from the kids brother that I believe is legit (there have been some fairly obviously fake accounts created in the kids name attacking lefties).

Pretty shocking what one out of context video plus a MSM devoid of morals and desperate to conjure up controversy can lead to...

Edit - just realised that was another kid who media falsely named when he wasn't even at the event. Bloody hell.

@Duluth thanks, that's a fair summary of events.

Haha oh man people on twitter canbe dramatic

Statement from the kid involved. The journalists that pushed this fake story have absolutely no morals whatsoever.

@dogmeat said in Fake News:

@No-Quarter Jeez that kids got a smackable face

His punchable face definitely helped fuel the outrage mob.