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minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoThe Steele dossier was a fake.
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoUnverified? Yes. Corroborating some of what we already know? Also yes. Proven fake? Definitely not. That is unless you are to believe the word of Republicans and Trump.
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month ago Proven fake? Definitely not. Thats not how the burden of proof works. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month ago Ad Ignorantiam fallacy states otherwise. “Fake” is itself an assertion requiring evidence, independent from stating neutrality, e.g., “We don’t know whether it is true or not.” Also, circular-reasoning fallacy: Who says they’re extraordinary claims within the context of what we already know?
minus-squareFerrous@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month ago Ad Ignorantiam fallacy states otherwise. What does this even mean?
minus-squarelennybird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAh, and therein lies the problem ladies & gentlemen.
The Steele dossier was a fake.
Unverified? Yes. Corroborating some of what we already know? Also yes.
Proven fake? Definitely not. That is unless you are to believe the word of Republicans and Trump.
Thats not how the burden of proof works. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Ad Ignorantiam fallacy states otherwise.
“Fake” is itself an assertion requiring evidence, independent from stating neutrality, e.g., “We don’t know whether it is true or not.”
Also, circular-reasoning fallacy: Who says they’re extraordinary claims within the context of what we already know?
What does this even mean?
Ah, and therein lies the problem ladies & gentlemen.
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