Just as with a computer, you need to setup a “firewall” for your brain lol.
I once read about some crazy conspiracy theory (or maybe it was some youtube video, dont remember) about how they said they have secret info about “the elites” were about to drop a nuke/emp on NYC as a sort of weapons test, I was like idk 15 years old maybe, I almost believed it for a second, but then nothing happened when the time came, of course. Crazy doomsday predictors be everywhere, I quickily learned that the internet is not a trustworthy place, can’t be believing everything.
Trust your own internal logics in your brain first, then the list goes like:
What you directly witness
First-Hand eyewitness testimony by someone you’ve known IRL
Second-hand story told by someone you’ve known IRL
Random Strangers
Acredited Mainstream Sources (including FM, TV, Newspaper, etc…) Official Reports
The general internet
(adjust according to how much you trust each specific source, don’t trust assholes/dictators, for example)
Fully agree, especially with your list. Tragically that frequently leads to nuanced opinions, and those can cause social friction since it appears strict conformity to one of two “sides” is required to participate in (at least online) society.
Oh yea, I keep getting downvoted for my pro-gun views, because they just assume I’m some right-winger. Like no lol, I just distrust cops and want the people to form well-regulated militias to keep the peace.
I’m a sane leftist (idek how to label myself anymore in light of current politics and global divides), so also pro-2A.
It feels like there’s a billion false flag attacks within left-leaning online spaces that have completely fractured it. I get that that’s not new, but it feels like we are accelerating in a very negative way lol. I personally think that the abuse of the doctrine of intersectionality and use of identity politics by my peers have destroyed any hope for a strong progressive front.
Just as with a computer, you need to setup a “firewall” for your brain lol.
I once read about some crazy conspiracy theory (or maybe it was some youtube video, dont remember) about how they said they have secret info about “the elites” were about to drop a nuke/emp on NYC as a sort of weapons test, I was like idk 15 years old maybe, I almost believed it for a second, but then nothing happened when the time came, of course. Crazy doomsday predictors be everywhere, I quickily learned that the internet is not a trustworthy place, can’t be believing everything.
Trust your own internal logics in your brain first, then the list goes like:
(adjust according to how much you trust each specific source, don’t trust assholes/dictators, for example)
Fully agree, especially with your list. Tragically that frequently leads to nuanced opinions, and those can cause social friction since it appears strict conformity to one of two “sides” is required to participate in (at least online) society.
Oh yea, I keep getting downvoted for my pro-gun views, because they just assume I’m some right-winger. Like no lol, I just distrust cops and want the people to form well-regulated militias to keep the peace.
I’m a sane leftist (idek how to label myself anymore in light of current politics and global divides), so also pro-2A.
It feels like there’s a billion false flag attacks within left-leaning online spaces that have completely fractured it. I get that that’s not new, but it feels like we are accelerating in a very negative way lol. I personally think that the abuse of the doctrine of intersectionality and use of identity politics by my peers have destroyed any hope for a strong progressive front.