with love. you have to fact check shit. yes you. you still have to fact check shit. a lot of people are great at fact checking stuff they donโt want to be true, but somehow are still absolute ass at fact checking stuff thatโs rhetorically convenient to them. even people my age, who I KNOW grew up doing internet/bibliography literacy workshops, and being warned not to believe anything that isnโt reliably sourced, people who DO harp on fact checking conservative output or whatever, are still kneejerk sharing unsourced shit that is partially or wholly untrue or misleading, because it suits whatever narrative theyโre pursuing in that moment, without even a โtake this with a grain of saltโ. fact check!!!!!! look at the sources!!!!! yes itโs a drag!!! do it!!!!!
a reminder that "you should probably fact check that" is not an attack on your beliefs. if it's true then you have nothing to lose from fact checking it. and if it's false? you have everything to gain from fact checking it
