Australian Fake News Tactics to discredit the someone who speaks up. People have now been trained to run away from arguments that they cannot win.
https://9now.nine.com.au/today/coronavirus-melbourne-today-hosts-clash-with-antimasker/3d47c546-754d-4889-8f6f-6d7d888aba25
Things to watch out for in the video:
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Lizzy, the lady who refused to wear a mask, is branded as an "anti-masker". Sounds a bit like "anti-vaxxer", right?
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She mentions things that sound completely fine and factual to those who are awake.
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The female fake news presenter interrupts her. "Do you think that masks are a violation of your human rights?" Notice the abrupt interruption. Notice the subject of the question. The female fake news presenter wants to brand Lizzy as crazy. She takes the conversation away from facts and down the crazy slope - "human rights".
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The male fake news presenter cuts her off and her audio fades out. This is fake news training people that when you cannot win with words, you can cut off the speaker. There are now a lot of people who resort to this kind of behaviour when they cannot win an argument.
There once was a time when you had to win a debate. When you had to present a better argument than your opponent. People have now been trained to run away from arguments that they cannot win.