Both of these work to appear as multiple, independent sources, even if it’s really just a bunch of right-wing nutjobs repeating the same, completely fabricated talking points.
This is where critical thinking comes in. As in “I’m seeing this same language multiple places. Who are these sources saying it? Do I trust them? Do they post other things that are also all copies of one another? With who they are do they have a motivation to distort the truth or outright lie?”
I kind of wanted Harris to ask in the interview, “How many transgender inmates are there, Brett? Dozens? And how many of them want surgery? One? Three? I’d rather spend our time talking about issues that affect more than three Americans.”
This would have been amazing, but I don’t know if would resonated the way it should with the intended audience. We know this is the same crowd that largely believes even one abortion by one person is too many.
This is where critical thinking comes in. As in “I’m seeing this same language multiple places. Who are these sources saying it? Do I trust them? Do they post other things that are also all copies of one another? With who they are do they have a motivation to distort the truth or outright lie?”
This would have been amazing, but I don’t know if would resonated the way it should with the intended audience. We know this is the same crowd that largely believes even one abortion by one person is too many.