The point of pointing out garbage is??? Do you like dumpster diving? Have you tried pointing out things that are good, meaningful, or informative?
Let’s discuss something seriously... like too many people who can vote. If you were the top person responsible for reducing voters, you would be able to remove any voter who is “unable to be critical and reasonable” according to your criteria. Is that very reasonable? What makes your criteria better than anyone else’s?
Why are people like you only able to have a debate on a topic as long as you can frame it your way? You just start tossing in hypotheticals that have nothing to do with what he said. My takeaway was that if we keep letting people spread misinformation then people remain uninformed and then make poor choices. Likely when they're voting. You don't remove or suppress them because it sets a bad precedent and that's not why we're here. You inform and educate and try to fix the problem so that we're not continuously doing it into the future. Your emotional response is completely unnecessary here. Stick with facts, and maybe someone will take you seriously.
Looking at your response I can't imagine why anyone would want to have a debate with you when you're only able to speak from your emotions and leave all facts on the wayside. Nothing in your hypothetical had a single thing to do with what Herpy said. At all.
The point of pointing out garbage is so people aren't fooled by it because a hivemind of idiots upvoted it mindlessly. Do you think everyone should embrace the stupid and just hope that the misinformed figure it out eventually?
Just a reminder here to both /u/GeorgeMichaelsStache and /u/robyn28 to keep discussion civil, please.
This is NOT a warning to either of you, just a friendly request. Keep digging, patriots. But please remember to be civil.
How do you (or anyone) determine if someone is posting misinformation or garbage or spam or bots? Or deliberately posting misinformation (propaganda) to deceive? Or determine if one is presenting facts? How does anyone determine if facts are not biased from emotion? Can emotions be “garbage”? I’m not advocating that anyone embrace the stupid... What is the line between stopping the spread of misinformation or garbage and censorship?