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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Do People Spread Misinformation Online?
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 08:14:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 07:59:43 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 07:39:19 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>> 
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 06:06:14 -0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> If experts can lie, with the official permission of, even urging of,
>>>>> governments, to get what they want, everybody can.
>>>> 
>>>> Who told you the experts are lying? Do you take the word of some
>>>> random Facebook/Xwitter loony (or local politician who believes them)
>>>> over somebody who has made a career out of studying the cause and
>>>> treatment of diseases? Do you find it easier to respond to someone
>>>> who pushes your buttons, rather than someone who tries to give you
>>>> accurate explanations that you cannot be bothered to expend the
>>>> mental effort to try to understand?
>>>> 
>>> You seem very offended.
>> 
>> Projecting? I merely ask questions.
>> 
> You need a new script ...

First you tried to say I was “offended”, then you betray the signs that 
you yourself are the one offended ... projecting, exactly as I said.

Pro Internet tip: if you have to start resorting to an ad-hominem 
smokescreen to distract from the discussion at hand, that’s a sign you’ve 
run out of logical arguments to defend your position.