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   John (johnzajac@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 01:12:21 JST John

   "The benefit of the doubt" is an interesting concept because in some ways it's been weaponized to allow monsters through the gate.

   When you assume incompetence-not-malice, you are giving the person you're regarding *the benefit of the doubt*. If you understand that, you can moderate you use of that aphorism to *credible people* who deserve to receive that benefit.

   When you hear someone say perfect-enemy-of-good, and you assume they're using it in good faith, you're giving them the BOD.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 01:12:19 JST Rich Felker

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     @johnzajac This is so baffling and backwards to me. Individuals belonging to marginalized groups get BOD. Underfunded nonprofits and collectives with good missions get BOD. Powerful institutions never do. Corporations never do. Even average white dudes usually don't. How the fuck is this hard for fucking normies???

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     John (johnzajac@dice.camp)'s status on Thursday, 20-Feb-2025 01:12:20 JST John

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     Something I've noticed is that almost *everyone* in our society automatically gives BOD to anyone in power.

     Seems off. Seems almost like the inverse of how it should be.

     How could we have possibly gotten here, where we give men like Elon Musk and Donald Trump BOD? Where their words are reported as neutral things, not mendacious nuclear weapons lobbed with abandon at whatever and whomever they please?

     Why, in turn, are we *skeptical* of the people who point out their unreliability?

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     Alexandre Oliva (lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br)'s status on Friday, 21-Feb-2025 06:35:09 JST Alexandre Oliva

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     when it comes to the people who give them BOD, it could just be different gullibubbles subjected to different kinds and amounts of propaganda. but when it comes to the reporting, really, look no further than who pays the reporters' salaries. it's that simple.