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also because most of the terminally online far left agree with the far right. which is why most of them are transphobic and anti-immigrant af.

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Oh, I see. Biden’s adoption of Trump’s immigration policies are why centrists think he’s the most progressive president who ever progressed a progress.

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Biden circumvented 26 environmental laws to build Trump’s wall for him. Centrists weren’t pretending his hands were tied then, since he was doing exactly what centrists want: whatever Republicans want.

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The people who want no borders are anti immigration. What a take!

Meanwhile… Biden, Who Campaigned on Closing For-Profit Migrant Detention Centers, Still Relies on Them Amid Border Surge

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I didn’t know Time was a banned site, I will try to remember this for next time. If it is mentioned in the sidebar I didn’t see it.

Here’s another source that I hope is accepted:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-vowed-reform-immigration-detention-instead-private-prisons-benefited-2023-08-07/

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Reported as misinformation, but the report doesn’t seem to be aware of “Horseshoe Theory”:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

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The wiki page specifically says that it’s highly criticized:

Several political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists have criticized the horseshoe theory. […] political scientists do not appear to support this notion, and instances of peer-reviewed research on the subject are scarce. Existing studies and comprehensive reviews often find only limited support and only under certain conditions; they generally contradict the theory’s central premises.

Just because it has a wiki page does not mean it’s a valid theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Theory

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You should be rejecting it because it’s opinion rather than “information” (mis or not), not because an online theory exists which codifies the opinion. And it probably should have been reported for Trolling in the first place. That’s not a comment intending to do anything but start a fight.

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So as long as it’s a theory, it’s not misinformation?

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Do you know how theory works?

You have to prove a theory true before you can say it’s a fact.

Saying it’s a fact is misinformation.

Like saying “Biden started the genocide in Palestine”. Might make you feel popular in your echochamber, but reality is at odds with the statement.

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