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Wiki Wars: Editors and propagandists are fighting for influence over the online encyclopedia’s most controversial entries (theins.ru)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nope, before you're jumping the gun by accusing me of spreading Russian propaganda simply because the domain ends in .ru you should know that "The Insider" is a Russian opposition publication like Meduza. Shows a lot how you can't place absolute trust and adulation on any single platform and entity these days otherwise it might lead to this one day.

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You would've said the same thing against victims of priest sexual abuses if you were a regular citizen in the 50's or so.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't tell if that is an attempt at an insult or what? The speed at which you charged forward with a logical fallacy is amazing though: Because I called out your account as narrow minded, I would have supported/ignored sexual abuse by priests in the 50's? Lulzwut?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Look at how cute you're trying to deflect and gaslight away from the fact that you're not reacting well to the hard truth that Wikipedia is not a "magical platform" after all, especially by committing so-called "psychological projection".

One of the main point of the comparison is the parallel between churches in the 50's and Wikipedia of today; you would've been summarily dismissed as an "atheistic commie bent on destroying the country" if you lift a finger against churches in the era, especially at the height of McCarthyism. The same is happening to critics of Wikipedia today, with people like you dismissing them as "far-right obscurantists bent on destroying knowledge", which is the essence of strawman fallacy.

You clearly displayed your naivete right there when you summarily dismiss accounts which are solely used to expose any scandals in any companies or organizations as "narrow minded"; are you ten? Perhaps you should go sit at the kids table and cry a river there.