Paul-Gabriel Wiener<p>The APnews top headline of the day is about how both parties are preparing for post-election lawsuits.</p><p>It makes it sound like they're equivalent.</p><p>One party is suing to break the system. To disqualify votes. To cast doubt on the whole process. In order to legitimize their attempts to seize power even when they get fewer votes.</p><p>The other party is suing to make sure every vote counts and the results are respected.</p><p>They are not the same.</p><p><a href="https://realsocial.life/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://realsocial.life/tags/USElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USElection</span></a> <a href="https://realsocial.life/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a></p>
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"It’s also a bilateral marvel, applying the same standards to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BothSides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BothSides</span></a> & pressing them for answers on where they stand. As opposed to propagating <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a>, however, the formula yields unmistakable distinctions: <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a> is a reasonable, conventional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politician</span></a> playing for support among traditional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> constituencies, & not so eager to discuss <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> changes that might endanger it; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is a lying, confused and hate-filled candidate motivated not by ideas but by impulses."</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"But when we allow the cult of Both Sides to shape our own minds, ethical judgement and factual investigation disappear, and with them any chance for constitutional order and democracy.</p><p>Ethical judgement would involve a notion of right and wrong, which the activity of the priests erodes. The worse the evil of one side, the more artfully it must be forgiven, and the more viciously the other side must be berated."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BothSidesism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <br>/3</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"These are, rather, articles of faith. Once accepted, they enable the public performance we wrongly call 'media.' Both-Sideism does not mediate but mystify. Its practitioners, called 'anchors' or 'publishers,' are shamans or priests. Mystifiers. …</p><p>All shamans do this: they insist that their dogma must be our reality."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BothSidesism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Timothy Snyder offers brilliant analysis of the "dualist cult" of both-sidesism that rules the roost in US corporate media, and reflects the expectations of the American people. It's a kind of religion, he says,</p><p>"No data from the world around us indicates that two is the correct number of perspectives, nor that any two perspectives, once chosen, would be equal."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BothSidesism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/both-sides-audio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snyder.substack.com/p/both-sid</span><span class="invisible">es-audio</span></a></p>
Keith D Johnson<p>2/ Posted in the comments in the thread below the cartoon: <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irony</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NYT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYT</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Shane Goldmacher Reporting from Chicago (via @nytimes):</p><p>"She blames Trump for scuttling the bipartisan congressional border bill and says she would sign it as president."</p><p>She blames Trump? Do some fukkin journalism and report on what Trump actually said and did, and you'll find that she {<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kamala</span></a>) was spot on. Unlike your shitty takes. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dnc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnc</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dnc2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dnc2024</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nytimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nytimes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/iCallBullShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iCallBullShit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/falseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falseEquivalency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Oh Jeezus, </p><p>'“Donald Trump tried to throw away your votes” is a new rhetorical way to frame his effort to overturn the 2020 election.'</p><p>From Shane Goldmacher @nytimes. </p><p>Really Shane? A "new rhetorical way?" </p><p>Stating facts is a "new rhetorical way?" </p><p>JFC. I may have to unsubscribe if you keep framing things so shittily. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nytimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nytimes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/falseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>falseEquivalency</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BS</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/iCallBullShit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iCallBullShit</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SteveThompson</span></a></span> </p><p>>> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a>. "ICC prosecutor compares Hamas to the IRA"</p><p>There's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalence</span></a>, but even <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SimonHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SimonHarris</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Irish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Irish</span></a> PM, compared <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRA</span></a>. </p><p>Most significant difference between them is that one is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eliminationist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eliminationist</span></a> while the other was not. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheTroubles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheTroubles</span></a> were a conflict between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Catholics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Catholics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Protestants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protestants</span></a> on whether to separate from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> or remain.</p><p>That's not what Hamas is trying to do. Its charter calls NOT for a separate state from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> but Israel's destruction</p>
JustKathy<p>Jeff Bezos should read this column from one of his own employees, E. J. Dionne, Jr. You can read it for FREE. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wapo.st/3UhyNMb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3UhyNMb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RobertHur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertHur</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a> investigating Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s handling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a>, is not expected to bring charges</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/special-counsel-hur-biden/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2023/11/16/politics/sp</span><span class="invisible">ecial-counsel-hur-biden/index.html</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MerrickGarland</span></a> Testifies</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> Set to Grill <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AttorneyGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AttorneyGeneral</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Hearing</p><p>This is Merrick <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Garland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Garland</span></a>’s first appearance before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseJudiciary</span></a> Cmte since a special counsel brought 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indictments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indictments</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & a plea deal for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HunterBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HunterBiden</span></a> collapsed.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CognitiveDissonance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDissonance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProfessionalVictims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessionalVictims</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/20/us/garland-house-judiciary-hearing?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/live/2023/09/20/us</span><span class="invisible">/garland-house-judiciary-hearing?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Over the past several months, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has kept a close watch on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseRepublicans</span></a>’ momentum toward impeaching President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>. Trump has talked regularly by phone w/members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ultraconservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ultraconservative</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HouseFreedomCaucus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HouseFreedomCaucus</span></a> & other congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who pushed for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeachment</span></a>…. Trump has encouraged the effort both privately & publicly.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FalseEquivalency</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/trump-gop-biden-impeachment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-gop-biden-impeachment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
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