i see misinformation from BLM etc every single day on twitter. how come now one cares about this misinformation or gets upset or writes articles about it?
during the riots there was some video going around where it was dark and you could here gunshots. the caption of the video said a 12 year old unarmed girl was killed by police. prominent people were spreading it...
it turned out later that it was a 30 year old man who had just murderer someone and had a gun in his hand
Fair enough. I guess I just reject the premise that BLM twitter comments that could be considered misinformation aren't analysed by the people who come across them. Furthermore you can see far right disinformation on Twitter and Facebook on a daily basis. Maybe it's due to the fact that the modern BLM movement hit mainstream with George Floyd whereas Qanon has been around for years now? All I can say is they're not apples to apples comparisons so there's little value in pointing your finger and the other side when compared to actually discussing the topic at hand.
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i see misinformation from BLM etc every single day on twitter. how come now one cares about this misinformation or gets upset or writes articles about it?
Could you give some examples?
during the riots there was some video going around where it was dark and you could here gunshots. the caption of the video said a 12 year old unarmed girl was killed by police. prominent people were spreading it...
it turned out later that it was a 30 year old man who had just murderer someone and had a gun in his hand
Whataboutism isn't productive. Best to have conversations about the topic at hand or create a new one if you want to bemoan BLM twitter posts.
As I understood it, they're not bemoaning BLM twitter, but the (supposed) double standard.
Fair enough. I guess I just reject the premise that BLM twitter comments that could be considered misinformation aren't analysed by the people who come across them. Furthermore you can see far right disinformation on Twitter and Facebook on a daily basis. Maybe it's due to the fact that the modern BLM movement hit mainstream with George Floyd whereas Qanon has been around for years now? All I can say is they're not apples to apples comparisons so there's little value in pointing your finger and the other side when compared to actually discussing the topic at hand.