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By Andy McDandy
#116992
Get people to the stage where they doubt everything. Ignorant cynicism is a dangerous combination.
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By RedSparrows
#116998
It's corrosive to the fine tissue of society. A fine tissue no prick ever cared for, and few people seem able to articulate beyond 'civility'. It's not civility, that's but part of it. It's deep, fundamental trust, safety, and freedom: the conditions of flourishing.
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By Boiler
#117000
davidjay wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:55 am
Boiler wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:20 am That's been happening for a long time, hasn't it?
It started with Johnson.
Mmm, I think longer.
By Oboogie
#117001
Andy McDandy wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 10:46 am Get people to the stage where they doubt everything. Ignorant cynicism is a dangerous combination.
Aided and abetted by AI. By the next election the technology will have developed to the point that distinguishing real from fake will only be possible by the lack of subtlety of the creator. There will be fake videos of Burnham saying all sorts of electorally suicidal stuff and the flipside is that video gotchas of fash saying/doing repugnant/illegal stuff will have a deniability potential.
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By Boiler
#117002
Oboogie wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 1:24 pm There will be fake videos of Burnham saying all sorts of electorally suicidal stuff and the flipside is that video gotchas of fash saying/doing repugnant/illegal stuff will have a deniability potential.
"The BBC put words into my mouth with AI" - Donald John Trump.
By davidjay
#117003
Boiler wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 12:55 pm
davidjay wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:55 am
Boiler wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:20 am That's been happening for a long time, hasn't it?
It started with Johnson.
Mmm, I think longer.
It may have been going on before him, but he made lying so commonplace it became accepted.
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By Samanfur
#117007
Margaret Thatcher and "T.I.N.A." would concur.
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By Abernathy
#117020
Mind you, Harold Wilson (successful Labour PM pre-dating Tony Blair, young ‘uns), was guilty of something similar - always sucking on his (unlit) pipe in public, when he privately preferred to puff on a fine cigar.
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