It's a sad indicator really. The fact that it's trending means a lot of people were posting it. It's hard to tell how many actually BELIEVE it, but I'm guessing it's the majority.
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In your opinion, how would that headline read if the numbers weren't taken out of context? "Criminal Aliens Arrested for Sex-Related Crimes 70,000 Times Between 1955 and 2010 — But Paul Ryan Targets Trump" The original headline creates an emotional impact by implying certain things: that these 70,000 events are sexual assaults (not generic sex crimes like indecent exposure etc.) against women (implying a relationship…
Also worth noting that these are arrests, not convictions. The police can relatively easily arrest, but need more evidence to charge and eventually convict.
And hey, let's not forget: Trump hasn't been arrested, tried, or convicted, nor have the supposed victims filed police reports.
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Also worth noting that these are arrests, not convictions. The police can relatively easily arrest, but need more evidence to charge and eventually convict.
And hey, let's not forget: Trump hasn't been arrested, tried, or convicted, nor have the supposed victims filed police reports.
But plenty of lawsuits have been filed. Just saying.
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>Huff is full of titles Trump is sexual predator without facts, just talks. We have, on record, him describing sexual assault. With his own words. On the other hand, some of the people who now are claiming Bill is a rapist once testified under oath that he did _not_ rape them. On top of the fact that there is zero evidence in favor of that statement. That's the difference. And you would definitely know this if you we…
> On the other hand, some of the people who now are claiming Bill is a rapist once testified under oath that he did _not_ rape them. Yet other women have consistently claimed over decades that Clinton sexually assaulted them. And today women are coming forward accusing Trump of sexual assault. There seems to be very little difference; both men have probably assaulted women in the past and abused their power to get aw…
Well, one significant difference here is that Donald Trump is running for President, and Bill Clinton isn't.
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#216I don't get it? Are they trending stories or not? Why would they not include them even if they were fake, they are still trending? Should FB lie to us?
The question is why FB is trying to be a news source - that's nowhere near the expected purpose of this site. No one registers on FB just to read news.
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They really should filter the news to each person's individual bias. It'd just be easier that way. Cognitive dissonance is real and it can cause serious emotional distress. That's not a good way to drive engagement.
Ethically, it's absolutely unconscionable to show people only what they want to see, enabling our worst features to simply fester unchallenged. From a Machiavellian standpoint (read: Thiel or Zuckerberg), this isn't an intelligent long-term strategy, unless your view of how dumb and malleable people are is such that by playing your cards right, so few people would catch on that it would not hurt the bottom line. EDIT…
The great thing about freedom is that it means other people finding your actions unconscionable doesn't necessarily mean you have to stop doing them.
Some people would find it unconscionable that my wife drives and that I "allow her" to do so. The particularly zealous among them might even say that this kind of moral decadence enables our worst features. Although they'd probably find other sins to say that about first before they got to the driving.
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And for anyone who doubts this, please visit the candidate's reddits https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/hillaryclinton/ just to realize that it's all the media, not just some of them.
/r/the_donald currently has four posts that are just pictures of portions of a centipede, such that if they are voted correctly then they will appear to form a complete centipede. I uh... I'm just not sure what's going on there.
It's a reference to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKH6PAoUuD0 (swearing and loud noices) and they've adopted it as an internal name for themselves.
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Ethically, it's absolutely unconscionable to show people only what they want to see, enabling our worst features to simply fester unchallenged. From a Machiavellian standpoint (read: Thiel or Zuckerberg), this isn't an intelligent long-term strategy, unless your view of how dumb and malleable people are is such that by playing your cards right, so few people would catch on that it would not hurt the bottom line. EDIT…
The great thing about freedom is that it means other people finding your actions unconscionable doesn't necessarily mean you have to stop doing them. Some people would find it unconscionable that my wife drives and that I "allow her" to do so. The particularly zealous among them might even say that this kind of moral decadence enables our worst features. Although they'd probably find other sins to say that about firs…
I agree, up to the point where we are so certain about a freedom that we decide it is not worth having. Say, the freedom to drive on the wrong side of the freeway.
You make a good point: regulation is a clumsy tool, and I don't think it needs to be applied here. However, I'm disappointed in what seem to be the fundamental motivations of Facebook and its board. I'm not sure that anything could come in the way of Mark Zuckerberg's pursuit of maximizing the world's dependence on his product.
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> 10 to 1 one you're wrong. https://xkcd.com/1132/ What are the two scenarios you're referring to? That Trump does or does not contribute to a nuclear war? Trump trashes everyone who disagrees with him. He will likely increase tensions on the world stage.
> He will likely increase tensions on the world stage. While Trumps opponent openly warns Russia of consequences. Lets be objective now.
>> He will likely increase tensions on the world stage.
> While Trumps opponent openly warns Russia of consequences. Lets be objective now.
Yes, let's. Russia is not an ally. There are consequences to its aggression.
Trump, on the other hand, has repeatedly said we should extract more money from our allies in east asia, and that we should threaten to withdraw from Japan and South Korea. These are scenarios China and Russia would love to see play out.
Trump argues NATO is obsolete. He defends Russia's annexation of Crimea, and he thinks we should give up Aleppo to Russian-friendly Assad.
He thinks he knows more than the generals. At the same time, he claims he never thought about this stuff during his time as a businessman.
The alternative to nuclear war is the proxy wars you see playing out in the middle east. Any concessions are gobbled up by whichever side backs down.