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Re: Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

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Post by hackandthink »

moshegramovsky wrote: post #166
giraffe_lady wrote: post #157

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Could one of you point me to antisemitic bias on wikipedia just so I have a concrete example at hand?

https://www.adl.org/resources/report/editing-hate-how-anti-i... Read it for yourself.

The analysis there is not convincing.

It is obvious that Wikipedia admins communicate with each other. The fact that Aljazeera is referenced is also okay.

In fact, this is not the official Israeli narrative, it seems rather trustworthy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_co...

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Post by xlinux »

hayst4ck wrote: post #84

Reason and truth are the enemy of authoritarian regimes. They want you to believe that truth is subjective. Truth and reason provide alternative legitimacy to authority. If nothing is true, there is no basis on which to judge those in power. There is a long legacy of authoritarian regimes attacking curious places, universities, historians, museums, books or any institution that grounds itself in reality which provide…

So everything wiki mods believe is truth? What about those who never even got a chance to speak out?

It's always controlled by. Winners write the history. Now Americans decide what's truth and fact

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Post by [deleted] »

Braxton1980 wrote: post #292
kristopolous wrote: post #263

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It's pretty constant on hn. People paint everything from country X, holistically, with some broad and blunt moral brush. It reads like a cartoon. Everything from China is loaded with secret spyware snooping on you for countless unspecified evils - everything out of Russia by anyone is part of some secret global propaganda network. I point it out as absurd and reductive whenever I see it and people dogpile on me like…

>everything out of Russia by anyone is part of some secret global propaganda network. Who has claimed all Russians are part of a large propaganda network. This is about a government news network.

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Post by laughingcurve »

txcwg002 wrote: post #287
hayst4ck wrote: post #84

Reason and truth are the enemy of authoritarian regimes. They want you to believe that truth is subjective. Truth and reason provide alternative legitimacy to authority. If nothing is true, there is no basis on which to judge those in power. There is a long legacy of authoritarian regimes attacking curious places, universities, historians, museums, books or any institution that grounds itself in reality which provide…

According to its cofounder, Wikipedia abandoned truth long ago. https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/

It’s pretty clear from this blogpost that Larry Sanger has abandoned a pursuit of truth and neutral point of view and instead does not like how reality fails to conform to his personal biases and preferences about the way the world is.

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Post by Braxton1980 »

addandsubtract wrote: post #226
NelsonMinar wrote: post #149

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Their silence now is cowardly.

In before this thread is also flagged for being "political".

There's a post that the FBI arrested a judge who helped an illegal immigrant avoid capture during a court proceeding.

900+ upvotes

- it has nothing to do with tech

- it's about a hot button political issue

- it helps the Republican cause.

Not flagged

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Post by dd36 »

jfengel wrote: post #228
Fauntleroy wrote: post #75

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Except that's not coming from the top. Tens of millions of people wanted this. Maybe this is indeed what Russia would do to us. But we're beating them to the punch by doing it to ourselves.

Or they’re aiding it.

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Post by Braxton1980 »

xlinux wrote: post #302
hayst4ck wrote: post #84

Reason and truth are the enemy of authoritarian regimes. They want you to believe that truth is subjective. Truth and reason provide alternative legitimacy to authority. If nothing is true, there is no basis on which to judge those in power. There is a long legacy of authoritarian regimes attacking curious places, universities, historians, museums, books or any institution that grounds itself in reality which provide…

So everything wiki mods believe is truth? What about those who never even got a chance to speak out? It's always controlled by. Winners write the history. Now Americans decide what's truth and fact

>Now Americans decide what's truth and fact

what about evidence?

Re: Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney

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Post by Supermancho »

Braxton1980 wrote: post #298
candiddevmike wrote: post #139

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Less than 30% of voter age Americans voted for this

100% of voter age Americans made a decision. That includes not registering to vote or not voting. Pretend I want a snack, I can choose between a cookie and an apple. If I dislike both then I also have the option to not get a snack. Neither is selected. This is different from not voting because a candidate still wins.

If the US wanted voting to be more popular, there would be a Federal Holiday to promote it. There is no incentive when there are known costs...at least since the wild inflation of the 80s when it got prohibitive to lose a shift and the slow dissolution of union jobs. This is the result of the tyranny of indifference. Those that benefit continue to promote and benefit, those that do not, are disenfranchised. It's a common theme in history.

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Post by foogazi »

kristopolous wrote: post #194
NelsonMinar wrote: post #148

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Martin was also at the coup attempt on Jan 6 and on that day said "Like Mardi Gras in DC today: love, faith and joy. Ignore #FakeNews". https://archive.ph/jekzQ

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One time sure, 150+ on the Russia propaganda network ? I’m drawing my own adult conclusions about it: “The friend of my enemy is my enemy”
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