There's just so much nuance to this whole "truth" thing. The Holocaust example that was raised in here illustrates this well because it's just on a completely different level than many other untruths. It makes a ton of sense for countries like Germany and Austria to implement laws that punish denying the Holocaust or engaging in what could be interpreted as resurrecting Nazi ideology. We are talking about something that cost millions of lives, caused unimaginable pain and trauma and just can never ever happen again. Squashing those ideas and punishing perpetrators who downplay Nazi ideas or outright deny the Holocaust makes sense for countries that unfortunately were at the forefront of some very dark times.
In general, I'm certainly not for forbidding opinions and quelling free speech. But what really irks me is how much attention and opportunity is given to bad actors who clearly spout misinformation. I think this was a huge issue during Covid, you would have "panels" on TV where obvious conspiracy theorists and lunatics got as much airtime as disease experts and virologists. What pisses me off is the idea of "here's a scientist with dozens of publications, and here's a hardcore Flat Earther - we'll have them both talk for 10 minutes and give equal value to what they say". This is exactly what leads to the fomentation of misinformation. Social media is a completely different beast altogether, but "traditional" media hasn't helped either.
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