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Whether North Koreans Are Actually Fighting for Russia in Ukraine Is Less Important Than Whether You Believe It
(realdialectical.substack.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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I posted this because even though I may disagree with the conclusions about evidence, it reminded me the fog of war creates the opportunities for misinformation on all fronts. Plus, I sometimes like to read things I disagree with to be tolerant of different perspectives.
But come on, you can be tolerant about opinions, perspectives and people. You can not however be tolerant about facts. If something is a lie, it's a lie.
Well you can, but then you're either Pippi Longstockings or Trump. And this article is riddled with lies and russian war propaganda talking points. And you help them spread misinformation and lies by sharing their stuff. I don't think that's what tolerance is about.
And in the first sentence, the article says extraordinary evidence is required. And then they claim all kinds of counterfactual things without providing any evidence. It's not even up to it's own standards. Plus the claim that it's someone's right to wage war, murder and kill. No, it's not. We have rules what is considered right and wrong, even for wars.
I think we can discuss that, but it's unacceptable to spread misinformation. Because it harms people. And as a minimum, you'd need to add some comment that makes it clear. For example if you wish to talk about war propaganda.
And by the way, you can usually tell apart good and bad articles. The good ones report "one soldier said this, another one said that", more or less reporting what's out there and making it clear by phrasing it as a quote or in indirect speech. While bad articles (this) just claim something false as truth.