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Re: Google Document Dump

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I see people flagging this and accurately questioning project veritas’ agenda. My question is - Are these documents genuine? Isn’t that that what matters?

Context also matters. Veritas has repeatedly and intentionally taken information out of context to skew the message.

Re: Google Document Dump

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post #10

I see people flagging this and accurately questioning project veritas’ agenda. My question is - Are these documents genuine? Isn’t that that what matters?

Context also matters. Veritas has repeatedly and intentionally taken information out of context to skew the message.

Context is irrelevent in regards to raw documentation. Claim it's fake or address it's contents.

Re: Google Document Dump

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The complaints here about "the source" remind me of all the nonexistent complaints about cops not choosing upstanding citizens as their confidential informants.

Re: Google Document Dump

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Context also matters. Veritas has repeatedly and intentionally taken information out of context to skew the message.

Context is irrelevent in regards to raw documentation. Claim it's fake or address it's contents.

What do you mean? That either the entire thing must have been fabricated out of whole cloth, or that we should assume it's entirely true and discuss the implications as though it were? Wouldn't the simpler explanation be that people believe that, given the source, there is a high chance that it's somewhere in the middle - i.e. skewed, misleading, spun, taken out of context, biased - and is therefore reasonable to not take as useful information until more context can be provided?

Re: Google Document Dump

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Context is irrelevent in regards to raw documentation. Claim it's fake or address it's contents.

What do you mean? That either the entire thing must have been fabricated out of whole cloth, or that we should assume it's entirely true and discuss the implications as though it were? Wouldn't the simpler explanation be that people believe that, given the source, there is a high chance that it's somewhere in the middle - i.e. skewed, misleading, spun, taken out of context, biased - and is therefore reasonable to not…

I evaluate things independently. If you want to lump them together, that's your decision. He handed it to the DOJ, so odds are, we will not see google claiming anything is fake.

Re: Google Document Dump

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post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All I want is a discussion.

Here's a start, it is from Project Veritas, a known bad actor. The Google employee in specific has a history of Q conspiracy theories and anti-semitism. Neither of them seem very trustworthy. If it isn't very trustworthy, is it really news?

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Re: Google Document Dump

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post #39
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here's a start, it is from Project Veritas, a known bad actor. The Google employee in specific has a history of Q conspiracy theories and anti-semitism. Neither of them seem very trustworthy. If it isn't very trustworthy, is it really news?

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I'm not a googler, have never been, and never plan to be. I still don't trust Project Veritas, who have proven to not be legitimate or trustworthy on multiple well documented occasions. The docs might be real, but what if they've been altered (as some of the wikileaks dumps have been) or are missing critical parts? They've proven time and again they're not impartial, so I take everything they say with a very strong lens that they're full of it or have skewed reality to fit their ultra-conservative (dare I almost say alt-right) supporting agenda.
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