Do MAGA misinformation and fascist ideology pose a threat to democracy? Here's a point of view from a historian of radical right politics. (I don't expect others here to like this, but you might find this informative and worthy of discussion or debate.)

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[–]nolivesmatter 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

What misinformation? That the FBI conspired to hid the hunter biden story. That there was massive election interference? BOth are facts.

[–]FozzieBear[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/04/13/trumps-lies-corrode-democracy/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracity_of_statements_by_Donald_Trump

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarkowitz/2021/04/30/who-lied-more-during-their-first-100-days-biden-trump-or-obama/?sh=9fdeb281a89d

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-lies-false-presidency-b1790285.html

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/list/?speaker=donald-trump&ruling=false

https://www.cfr.org/influence-campaigns-and-disinformation

https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/

[–]iamonlyoneman 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

[cites trump-hating "sources"]

LOL get rekt

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Sock's links are pretty important, lets you know who has been compromised. Most are well known like WaPo, but I didn't know about Brookings.edu or CFR.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

dudewhat CFR and brookings are legendary deep state organizations