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To the great shame of the human race, it's not about truth or lie. It's about what a person thinks first. Like, literally, if you don't have an opinion on something, and then you hear about it, and the first thing you think is, "That sounds reasonable," then that's a big wall to overcome if that information is wrong.
And after that is even worse, because then you already have an opinion, and confirmation bias kicks in. So, everything seems to support that opinion.
And that, of course, is one reason why conservatives are so against public schools, and especially against them teaching anything verifiable like science or accurate history. A school has the chance to counter the parents' indoctrination because the children are still young.
At thos point my strategy when something horrible happens is to tell people literally anything other than the fascist lie that's gonna come out, so the fasch lie has to overcome that.
"This school shooter was a maga dude" or "incomprehensible 4chan shithead" even if there's literally no info and we dont even know if he's finished, so the totally unfounded also-before-we-even-know-who-did-it "was trans antifa!" line doesn't stick.
Edit: shit. Last comment on this account.
And why "entertainment news" stations allegedly start spouting and blaming whatever is convenient for them. The first line sticks, and the correction afterwards bounces off.
Horrible, but I can’t say I am against it… my approach of “let’s wait and see before making a judgement” is usually completely drowned out…
My in-between is to say, "Well, statistically, they're far more likely to be a right-wing extremist. We should explore why this ideological side exploits the mentally unwell at a far greater rate!"
The only way to counter a firehose is bring in a even bigger firehose