Maeve

Welcome!

I'd like to see the tattoos.

Eta; should everyone with tattoos add the punisher skull?

I have no idea what this reply is to, and I'm not going to argue further with you. I bid you peace.

I understand that too. It's a thankless job, not to mention unpaid. I try to give everyone benefit of the doubt, even if I'm not personally fond of them. I try to merit individual comments, rather than memorable comment history. There are exceptions, but they have to work extra hard to get there, or is a moment of human fallibility. At any rate, thanks for detailed replies.

Emotional? Lol

Emotional? Lol Phillip. Not everything Russia says is a lie, not everything they say is the truth. I'm saying mintpress articles, even if sources from Russia, cite verifiable sources. Who's emotional?

Fwiw, I also lend credence to legacy media, although I often can't easily verify it. I've been wrong about a LOT of stuff and that's part of being human. I even know sometimes I can't believe my lying eyes. And sometimes, i can because they're not lying. It's not like nyt who's openly admitted they lie when the feds ask them to, then keep lying, even when the feds_don't_ all them. And I still give them credence sometimes too.

Thanks for a detailed and well-explained reply. I understand. A lot of the problem seems that being questionable often enough that everything is sus. It can be corrected with diligence and determination on the moderators' parts. Which is simple, but not necessarily easy.

Because we forget certain things and they go the way of the memory hole doesn't make them untrue. It's a mess there, and my country also stirred that up.

I don't envy the unpaid mod job, especially mods who work hard to be fair and honest. I get your disdain and distrust of mintpress too and I hope you'll reconsider. They do source their articles very well, because they know their audience and we're foolable, but not always.

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My point is, they well -source their articles, which is a lot more than can often be said for legacy media. I don't care if it's obl if the sources are cited and easily verifiable. Because obl asked us nicely for a long time before Saudi nationals on a plane hit the wtc and the ~W admin invaded checks notes Iraq the second time, ~~since the issue was, iirc, the president there wanting to fund his state un food-for-oil account with petro_euro_ rather than petro_dollar_.~~ amassed wmd, which legacy media assured us they'd seen proof, ~~which turned out to be manufactured~~.

Thanks so much. I had to "context" a few times but finally found it: https://lemmy.world/comment/12825768

Also thanking @https://kbin.earth/u/@[email protected] for standing up in that thread.