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As disappointed as I have been in Rand Paul, who is a disgrace to the Paul name from a political standpoint I have to say, Ron Paul is still the man, love this dude!
@freemo I thought this was timely and part of the reason why I like this woman so much. Folks may not agree with her policies but it's hard to question her convictions.
@pants WOW... I have to admit I have pretty dim view of AoC from how she "earned" her election to her unresearched and off based diatribes... BUT with that said, she just earned some major points calling out Biden, though I'd like to see how far that language goes on more detailed questioning. A single twitter post in isolation is pretty weak in and of itself, but its a start.
@icedquinn dude, snopes says that shit isn't true. and I tend to trust snopes.
I have no idea if AoC made up anything about the riot at the capital or not... but i will say this, Snopes is a horrifically inaccurate and biased source. Probably the last thing you should be citing as fact... best to provide reliable sources if you want to counter the point being made.
If I see someone use Snopes to make a point in my mind it immediately discredits them as a reliable source in a discussion, no offence.
what's your reasoning for that? they've staked their entire reputation on being unbiased, have a totally transparent editorial process and cite primary sources.
Track record as someone who spends a lot of time fact checking, and myself being left-leaning (so I am biased to be more agreeable with left leaning biases). They have shown to be consistently and extremely biased in my personal view (and the view held by many others).
I have seen them post things and claim "False" or "True" and then the explanation has loaded, clearly biased language and written to do some mental gymnastics where ultimately its own description directly contradicts its own False or True rating.
I am a professional data scientist too, and its not uncommon that I have to get pretty deep in the weeds on some issues and will often see Snopes making claims that the data can even objectively contradict.
The only people who seem to think snopes is a genuinely unbiased source are people who strongly lean liberal. I rarely find centrists or right-leaning individuals are ignorant to their bias, which should be a red flag as well.
