Forget trust. We have to evaluate almost everything we see, and it's really hard.
"Trust" is a mantra they use to get people to stop thinking. Shills will accuse entire groups of people of "trusting" sources when what they really mean is evaluating information from those sources. They don't want you to even give a listen to other perspectives.
You will see people telling you to shut other people down in conversation with thought-terminating cliches like "we're done" as soon as you hear something outside accepted thought. You will also see more online propaganda instructing people to take violent measures to "not let them get their foot in the door" (referring to right-wingers).
Forget trust. We have to evaluate almost everything we see, and it's really hard.
"Trust" is a mantra they use to get people to stop thinking. Shills will accuse entire groups of people of "trusting" sources when what they really mean is evaluating information from those sources. They don't want you to even give a listen to other perspectives.
You will see people telling you to shut other people down in conversation with thought-terminating cliches like "we're done" as soon as you hear something outside accepted thought. You will also see more online propaganda instructing people to take violent measures to "not let them get their foot in the door" (referring to right-wingers).