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Comment by throwitaway1235 | Hacker News Reader

You call opinions you disagree with lies.

Incidents of voter fraud, and side effects from vaccines, etc are quantifiable, therefore not subject to opinion. Interpretation yes, but interpretation must be supported by evidence.

Yes, there we go: This reaction, when calling it obvious and blatant lies. Every time. Believing in lies is now normal and expected of right-wingers, and calling it out is called attacking political opinions.

It's not. It's lies.

I see you point. But using "right-wingers" is a tell of sorts. It makes you appear dismissive of the opposing viewpoint.

But otherwise I agree: there is such a thing as truth and there are out and out lies.

I hope that my views are based on truths but I recognize that there are areas that while true are nuanced enough that someone else can come to a different conclusion than me. For this reason I don't claim that everyone with a different view is backing their view with lies.

Sometimes though, some of them are.

I am dismissive. Because the opposing viewpoint is believing literal lies. Of course I will dismiss that. Everyone should.

Labels polarise.

Criticise the behaviours while allowing the perpetrator wiggle room.

Yeah. Damn your grandfathers, for all that polarising they indulged in, 1941-45. If only they'd allowed a little wiggle room!

I don't think it's my labels that are polarising anyone. If you believe this nonsense, you are fully polarised already. I didn't do that. "Leftists" didn't do that.

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