Which really begs the question: why did he use that defense if it literally didn’t matter?
Because, like I told him, conservatives think things are true because they believe them. It’s why I asked if it would change his mind— I knew it wouldn’t, and I love it when they out themselves as the liars they are.
Just because some random news article claims something doesn’t make it true. It’s not evidence on its own.
And you know what, yeah I believed it was fake because it fit my lived experiences that most news articles are lying. I wanted it to be fake because it didn’t fit my world view, that journalists are liars.
As an aside, I got a chance to look around over my lunch break, and I can’t find any other pictures of that poster. You’d think if it was real, there’d be plenty of pictures. And I can’t find anywhere where the AfD said what the article claimed they said.
So I’m going to go with Hitchens’s razor. “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”
The poster seems to be real:
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/afd-accused-nazi-symbolism-election-germany-hm8dv7nql
Archive link: https://archive.is/dtG2v
Notice how he’s still defending the AfD after pretending that he was going to research it.
This is because he’s a fascist who only says what he needs to win an argument. Fascists are so entirely predictable.
He already said he doesn’t care.
Which really begs the question: why did he use that defense if it literally didn’t matter?
Because, like I told him, conservatives think things are true because they believe them. It’s why I asked if it would change his mind— I knew it wouldn’t, and I love it when they out themselves as the liars they are.
I appreciate the archive, it’s nice when people do that. Too often, “credible” news sites change articles without saying so.
That said, if true, the AfD is incredibly suspect here. I’d have to go looking to see if what they’re saying is true.
The poster is real. Please edit your initial comment to reflect that.
Give me a bit, I’ve been busy, and it’s hard to find primary sources in languages I don’t speak.
What primary source did you use to determine that the poster was a fake whenever you made that claim? You should just post that.
I’m not the one making the claim. The news article is. If anything, they need to be the ones providing evidence.
I see. You believed it was fake because you wanted to believe it.
Hey! Just like I said!
Just because some random news article claims something doesn’t make it true. It’s not evidence on its own.
And you know what, yeah I believed it was fake because it fit my lived experiences that most news articles are lying. I wanted it to be fake because it didn’t fit my world view, that journalists are liars.
As an aside, I got a chance to look around over my lunch break, and I can’t find any other pictures of that poster. You’d think if it was real, there’d be plenty of pictures. And I can’t find anywhere where the AfD said what the article claimed they said.
So I’m going to go with Hitchens’s razor. “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”
Wow, look at the big brain on numbnuts.