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That's good to know. Thanks.

Hopefully soon. The defense appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling, so the next step is the US Supreme Court.

It's worth noting that special council Jack Smith has requested an expedited appeal for his case against trump to skip straight to the US Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has agreed to see their arguments in consideration, and there is precedence for this from the Bush vs Gore election.

Be interesting to see how the US Supreme Court rules in both cases. There is clear corruption/bias in some of the Republican members, but with that so brazenly in the open right now, I wonder if they'll feel compelled to rule reasonably to try to reestablish their legitimacy?

Guess we'll see soon enough...

I totally get where you're coming from in regard to the importance of critical thinking and media bias/government influence.

As for my blog, the references section is how how I affirm it's valid information. I used scholarly sources or reputable publications, like Psychology today, and only linked to media sources when it was pertaining to the current radicalism in our politics over here in the US.

But even then, I personally use independent media fact checkers on the media institutions I cited. Cross-checking what those articles state is pretty easy, and having multiple unbiased/less biased sources corroborating reporting is a decent indication it is accurate.

But as you said, recognizing the validity of citations is a learned skill. Speaking personally, this was a skill I developed academically. I often encourage people to take a critical thinking course at a local community college and I believe that should be mandatory curriculum in high school/secondary school.

That certainly provided me with a buffer to the misinformation and radicalism that I've seen grip and corrupt so many people I know/knew.

Their stockpiles and equipment were neglected over years. They once held a significant strength in their military. But it was systemic corruption that eroded their status as a military superpower. That's clearly a myth at this point, no doubt..

I so hope the Supreme Court upholds Colorado's ruling.. It would be so amazing if this became a trend across the states.

You are absolutely right about repetition being key in how people are radicalized. It spreads through a social contagion effect, in which one is repeatedly exposed to extremism and this is reinforced by members of the in-group.

You can see the citations for this claim in the beginning of this article I published after doing my own research (hahaha).

I have ads turned off and don't benefit from my blog. Just started it to have information ready to counter misinformation I come across online.

Doing your own research being good/bad depends entirely on one's ability to scrutinize reliable sources. When I "do my own research" it looks like this.

When my brother "does his own research" he presents horrendously false information from terribly bias and debunked sources. He's the primary family member which influenced my writing that piece on radicalism.

If someone is unable to comprehend/recognize valid from invalid/biased sources/information, "doing their own research" is very dangerous in fueling further extreme/conspiratorial beliefs.

QAnon and covid/anti-masking are great examples in which people "doing their own research" resulted in a lot of unnecessary suffering and stupidity.

People should learn how to effectively scrutinize sources before they attempt to "research" something themselves. "Doing your own research" can be productive or unproductive, and it depends entirely on the individual.

I'm not going to a community college hahaha. I'm working on my Master's in counseling.

Just thought that a critical thinking course may help you with your 4th grade level logic/arguments.

It's false to consider the userbase on lemmy.world and Threads to be analogous. I have documented the very real problems with Threads in this comment here.

Keep living in denial of what has already been happening on Threads haha.

If the "vast majority of lemmy users" start demand things from their admins while excusing themselves from contributing in any meaningful way, yes, I'd disregard their opinions as well.

Boy, you really ought to consider taking a critical thinking class at your local community college or something...

You're still trying to build a strawman argument. When your foundation is compromised, you don't keep building on it...

It's clear you're going to use disingenuous argumentative tactics and fallacies. If your next comment is just as juvenile, I'm not going to bother responding. Again, these arguments are invalid upon arrival, being logical fallacies and all..

I disagree on user support. Look at the posts heavily discussing the matter, and also pay attention to the vote counts.

Also, it's not a hypothetical when there is already a systemic issue and the company has a notorious history. Look at my comment here for my fleshed out argument on this subject with citations.

I wasn't intending on debating the issue here; I was only looking for recommendations on alternative instances.