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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Politician, sure. But people are easily duped, especially when they're uneducated. That doesn't make them evil, especially when there's a multi-billion dollar disinformation network constantly trying to mislead them.

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

At what point does ignorance cross into willful ignorance? And at what point does willful ignorance become malicious? It’s a blurry line, to be sure.

[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

It crosses into willful ignorance once they reject an empathetic articulation of the information and they become malicious at roughly the same time. Though this is less “becomes” so much as “is revealed to be” i think

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Very true. Thank you for helping to ground me.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And thank you both for reminding me why I like this place.