dwazou@jlai.lu to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agoVaccine skeptic hired to conduct government study on whether vaccines cause autismwww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1713arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1706arrow-down1external-linkVaccine skeptic hired to conduct government study on whether vaccines cause autismwww.washingtonpost.comdwazou@jlai.lu to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 days agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·8 days agoRight now, we can empirically accuse them of lying. They cannot do the same. The minute we start doing this, we lose that advantage. Lies dilute the truth. Fighting fire with fire isn’t always the best tactic.
minus-squareAlbertSpangler@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoThey don’t have to Empirically accuse anyone of lying, they just accuse. Because they’re liars and have no interest in truth or accuracy.
minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoRight, but we do. And the moment we start lying about them, we start becoming like them.
minus-squareWoht24@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 days agoDon’t start speaking sense around here mate, they don’t like it.
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoYeah but look where playing fair got us
Right now, we can empirically accuse them of lying. They cannot do the same. The minute we start doing this, we lose that advantage. Lies dilute the truth.
Fighting fire with fire isn’t always the best tactic.
They don’t have to Empirically accuse anyone of lying, they just accuse. Because they’re liars and have no interest in truth or accuracy.
Right, but we do. And the moment we start lying about them, we start becoming like them.
Don’t start speaking sense around here mate, they don’t like it.
Yeah but look where playing fair got us