• logicbomb@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The problem is that if these people are voting for Jill Stein, then they are not actually voting for who they wish. Jill Stein is not the person who they think she is.

    If she were to magically win the election, they’d by-and-large be extraordinarily disappointed in the result.

    This is why misinformation and disinformation is so destructive in a democracy. The voters need to be properly informed.

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      2 months ago

      Jill Stein is not the person who they think she is

      So are you saying that Muslim-American’s aren’t smart enough to figure out for themselves who they should vote for and who they believe in?!

      If she were to magically win the election, they’d by-and-large be extraordinarily disappointed in the result.

      You don’t know that. You THINK that, but that’s your opinion.

      This is why misinformation and disinformation is so destructive in a democracy. The voters need to be properly informed.

      They are properly informed, because they have the same access to news that you do. There is nothing that you are doing and/or reading that they can’t.

      So YOU are smart enough to figure it out, but Muslim American’s are not? Is that what you are implying?!

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        They are properly informed, because they have the same access to news that you do.

        I question if these two are the same. For any candidate. I also laugh at any group being called informed, because there definitely is disinformation out there everywhere, more and more.

        This has nothing to do with the topic, only an overall observation that no one can claim any group is “properly informed”. “Properly” also is a loaded word…I don’t think you meant it nefariously, but it could be read that way.