They may appear marginal, disorganized, or unhinged, but they are aggressive, expansionary, and rooted in a sophisticated under-standing of human cognitive and emotional vulnerabilities.
This is very well written. Troll culture and cancel culture are both what propaganda specialists refer to as information warfare methods. Both troll culture and cancel culture are from those who intentionally antagonize others.
The policed may go mute in public, but resentment builds up in their hearts and homes, then bursts forth in the voting booth when activated by a demagogue.
When it comes to politics, many individuals feel uneasy because they are terrified to disagree.
Socially and profes-sionally, they could be, as the new term had it, canceled.
It can appear all-encompassing at times, as if all kinds of current debate must now lead to an attempt to "cancel" anybody whose opinions cause controversy or to unfounded accusations of cancel culture in action.
nihilism
A form of extreme skepticism maintaining that nothing in the world has a real existence.
: our social rules for turning disagreement into knowledge.
cancel culture fosters an environment where people are afraid to disagree
its ability, that is, to tell truth from untruth or even believe there is a difference.
Misinformation is also being fed into Americans through media/technology
I learned, that we do not do: pay for information, accept gifts from sources, betray confidentiality, tolerate meddling from the ad depart-ment.
integrity in journalism
if I am not as lucky, out of the dizziness comes a reminder to be humble in the face of reality’s caprice.
a reminder that reality is suspect to sudden change
Let us meet here again: acquiring knowledge is a conversation, not a destination
The process of aquiring knowledge is long and requires dialogue between members of society.
How can we judge the truth of the account without also knowing the truth of the subject of the account?
How do can we guarantee something is true? Who deems things as correct?