a left wing agenda
Would a right wing agenda be more acceptable to you?
I don't want any agenda being pushed by political operatives without warning. Left or right wing. I am currently seeing what I believe to be left wing operatives in PS currently.
Guaido is the jockey riding on the Trojan horse of the US. Should we not be able to state this?
You should be able and you are able to state such views in P&S. Just like TECSHARE, Quickseller, bluefirewhatshername, or any other nutjob (not that I consider you a nutjob, JC
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) is able to do so as well. I can't see what the problem is, other than Quicksy not liking someone's opinion, again.
The issue is
not disliking someone's opinion, it is that I believe propaganda is being spread in PS. A warning that propaganda is not removed and that political operatives may be posting would not stop anyone from posting their opinion, it may however make said propaganda less effective by encouraging people to independently verify claimed facts, and approach conversations with a critical eye.
It's obvious that the US is heavily propagandizing for Guaidó, and other governments (Russia?) are heavily propagandizing for Maduro.
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I think that bitcointalk.org P&S is too small to have direct political operatives, but people are repeating the propaganda they've taken to heart.
If you believe both sides are pushing propaganda, then perhaps a warning to verify information read may decrease its effectiveness. An operative may operate in many forums under many personalities as writing on a forum is a very efficient way to communicate.
Lying and or pushing an alternative agenda is not against the forum rules afaik,
I am not asking these people to be censored:
it is best if the forum doesn’t moderate for truth
You are free to start your own echo chamber thread (self mod'd) and you can circle jerk about Gauido or Maduro or the big bad deep state all you want!
I have seen some people post in what I believe to be bad faith, and what I believe to be outright lies that have no basis in fact. Perhaps they actually believe what they are posting, but I believe they are pushing disinformation.
You definitely don't want me to moderate truth or there would be no anti vax
The anti-vax movement is able to spread solely because of propaganda and lies. If those who believe these lies knew not to take what is said to them at face value then perhaps they would get their kids vaccinated.
There are warnings about scammers all over the marketplace subs. I don't see why there shouldn't be warnings about other people being up to no good other places they might try to create mischief.