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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 17/10/2024 20:24, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:03:48 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> They dont *care* what Donald is and has done. He doesn't preach to them
>>> like some goddam pastor at a revivalist meeting.
>>> 
>>> Or call them 'deplorable' or insult their intelligence.
>> 
>> You may be trying for irony but there is a lot of truth in that.
> 
> I wasn't being sarcastic.
> 
> Trump supporters are prevalent on the Internet. They are perfectly 
> capable of sustaining intelligent conversation.
> 
> That is as far as I can tell a reasonable description of what they think 
> and feel.

That may be true, but often their thinking is informed by a collection of
unhinged conspiracy theories. Their thinking may be logical, following from
that, but they seem incapable of separating truth from fantasy.

To bring this thread back to computing, I originally thought that the
Internet democratizing what got published was a good thing, like giving the
Erin Brockavichs of the world their chance. Instead, without the editorial
control of “big media”, we’re getting a mostly concoction of half-baked
ideas, crazy theories, and outright lies.

Sure the media is biased, but the biases are known and can be accounted for
and corrected.

> 
> The same thought permeates the soft right here in Britain. The feeling 
> that they have been preached to and shat upon by moralising liberals who 
> have never done a plumbing course in their lives.
> 
> And the Tory party - who ought to be their natural home, are simply no 
> better,
> 
> Hence the rise of Reform allegedly now out polling Labour
> 



-- 
Pete