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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Politician, sure. But people are easily duped, especially when they're uneducated. That doesn't make them evil, especially when there's a multi-billion dollar disinformation network constantly trying to mislead them.

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca -1 points 3 hours ago

When "brown people = bad" is the main reason or doing anything, that makes you evil. I don't care how much disinformation you're being fed, at some point you have to use common sense and logic

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

At what point does ignorance cross into willful ignorance? And at what point does willful ignorance become malicious? It’s a blurry line, to be sure.

[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 8 points 16 hours ago

It crosses into willful ignorance once they reject an empathetic articulation of the information and they become malicious at roughly the same time. Though this is less “becomes” so much as “is revealed to be” i think

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Very true. Thank you for helping to ground me.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And thank you both for reminding me why I like this place.