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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.642s | source
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orwin ◴[27 May 20 13:08 UTC] No.23322559[source]▶
I'm really not outraged by that fact that twitter burst the Donald Trump info bubble, but the fact that they don't do the same thing when a member of an opposite party is also partial with the truth is a bad sign. Tbh they should have started with a controversial anti-trump statement before enforcing this in trump.

Also they should not have called that "fact checking" or "debunking".

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sp332 ◴[27 May 20 13:11 UTC] No.23322591[source]▶
What's a better word?
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swebs ◴[27 May 20 13:15 UTC] No.23322647[source]▶
"Rebuttal" would work better. Calling it a fact check implies "I'm right, you're wrong. The debate is over."
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1. dbbk ◴[27 May 20 13:20 UTC] No.23322713[source]▶
Calling it a fact check implies that there are facts. Facts are real things, they are not up for debate.
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2. robertlagrant ◴[27 May 20 13:36 UTC] No.23322952[source]▶
This is silly. Everyone knows there are facts. What you're replying to assumes this already.
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3. shadowgovt ◴[27 May 20 13:40 UTC] No.23322998[source]▶
> Everyone knows there are facts.

The notion of "post-truth politics" is one of the major issues of the day. "Everyone knows there are facts" is not actually a given in modern discourse.