• flan [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    i have honestly never seen anyone use the word malinformation before today but i appreciate your explanation. Very strange that the other person was refusing to explain wtf they were talking about, normally people are eager to explain things they care about.

    • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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      11 months ago

      I think they may have been hung up on the word “discourse” there and assumed that you were up to speed with the terms, but not the conversation about them.

      Though I really don’t get their “big ball of wax” comment, it really isn’t hard to say “the US government tries to manipulate people at home and abroad through manipulation of information and language.”