It becomes clear for me that this is rarely really a question about:temporal1 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:23 pmi hope you’ve noticed this thread: now at 69 pages
Credible News Sources
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It becomes clear, for some, if it’s not via NYT, FBI, CIA, it’s nothing, it’s Russia, etc.
Those who dare stray will be chastised, if not impuned.
1. What specific claims are being made, and
2. What is the evidence for those claims.
Oh, no, if someone points out that there is no specific claim and no evidence, well, that's some kind of scary persecution. It's mostly a strong and vague anxiety with a bunch of words that people are forming emotion around.
It's helpful to drop general labels. If some media source is involved in some scandal, which one, and what happened, with what evidence? Shouting "MSM" is meaningless. If some politician did something, who, and with what evidence? Shouting "The Left" is meaningless. Was Antifa actually involved in something specific that happened here? If so, who, what happened, and what is the evidence?
After all, vague and scary claims about Russia and Trump require evidence, don't they? And claims about Trump and election interference? And claims about Trump and fraud?
Specific claims and evidence are really, really important. Without that, we just have political sides and fear and shouting. I don't think that is what Jesus is calling Christians to do.