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Suddenly seeing more hexbear posts. Did we re-federate with them? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/main@sh.itjust.works
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If so, was it polled somewhere?

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Western sources never make shit up. I heard that Iraqis are throwing babies out of incubators and hiding WMDs.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    So you can throw out all western sources out of hand?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No, you can’t. I said they never make anything up, you’re actually morally obliged to believe anything they say.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    But you were obviously being sarcastic, so I thought you are advocating the opposite.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I don’t immediately discard anything from western sources, but I do give them appropriate scrutiny, and I don’t take baseless allegations from them without the appropriate level of the verifiable evidence as gospel, especially when they have clear geopolitical motivations for their claims. They’ve lied far too many times to be extended the benefit of the doubt.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Fair enough. I hope you apply the same reasoning to other sources like Russian, North Korean, or Chinese sources?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Literally no one is quoting the DPRK as an authority on things other than the question of "what is the DPRK's official line?" and mundane questions of policy and economic growth.

    But Hexbear mostly deals with liberal rags, it just does so with some level of cynicism.

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