This is an example, to me, of how people arguing online isn’t really _for them_.
Like, did leandra change their mind? Eh, probably not. People usually don’t.
But did I get an education from this? Yes. Not necessarily about what’s true vs not, but more about parsing information on social media. Religion isn’t a domain I’m knowledgeable about, so (unfortunately) it’s really hard to tell what’s real. Excerpts from my brain as I read:
“Damn, they really dislike Jews, and quite unfairly!”
“Oh, wait — it turns out that was a sneaky attempt to gain sympathy by Zionist jews!”
“Wait, so actually these jews aren’t zionists?”
And yes, I know the answer that would solve all of this is, “You know, you can just look it up and solve this for yourself.”
But like — no, that can’t be the solution to everything! Sure, everything online matters to someone, but it can’t matter to everyone, all of the time. There’s too much stuff to give a shit about. It’s exhausting.
So no, I’m not fact-checking this. I’ll trust vas because they’ve got a solid track record, and uh… case closed, as far as I’m concerned.
Idk, it feels kinda irresponsible, operating as I’ve written above. But also, I don’t do this in every domain of my life: my job, my health, my voting, etc., I put considerable effort in there. So, I’m appealing to my baseline heuristics and hoping that gets me most of the way there.
Thanks to the people who are willing to write the things that help the rest of us figure out where we should stand.
