• combat_brandonism [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    look if we’re going to apply the uncharitable jump to conclusion you’re doing in the first you’ve gotta apply it to the second

    Here’s how these conversations play out for that skeptical person:

    Leftist: Castro freed slaves.

    Lib: Cuba freed its slaves in 1886, you don’t know Basic History.

    Skeptical person: [Googles “when did Cuba free its slaves,” finds 1886, disregards leftist and whatever else they argue.]

    Or,

    Leftist: Even the guy who invaded Cuba said Bautista was a monster and the Revolution was a popular uprising, here’s a link.

    Lib: That was before the firing squads.

    Skeptical person: [Doesn’t google shit. “Yeah JFK wanted to give them a chance but that awful dictator was too evil!”]

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m suggesting a skeptical person will do some minimal amount of checking on a claim they don’t immediately believe. When they see someone say Cuba had slaves in 1959, they’ll google it. When they see someone provide a link to a speech and summarize it, they’ll skim the link.