• psud@aussie.zone
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    3 hours ago

    English has loads of words for the spectrum between fact and baseless claim, it’s just people have decided “truth” is contested, this is mostly that news on both sides of American politics report differently, producing often conflicting supposed facts, to the point where people say truth doesn’t matter anymore

    People take that idea differently, from the sane end where it’s just the state of sectarian news through to the crazy end where they think nothing is real

    Illustrative is one side of American political followers didn’t believe in COVID-19, the other side wore masks, avoided gatherings, and got vaccinated when vaccines became available