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jo blog's avatar

The problem with deliberately, publicly, interfering with the public discussion in the way that "the right not to be misinformed" proposes is that it undermines the legitimacy of democratic decisions.

Not just in the abstract but it interferes with one of the principal benefits of a democratic vote. Voting makes everyone responsible for the consequences. When a government makes bad decisions there is the feeling that we are all in some way culpable - even those who vote for the opposition - because we all took part in this open decision making process.

That is lost when we have someone else to blame - those who distorted the dicussion - the ones who stopped us making a good decision. It absolves us of responsibility and makes politics more unstable.

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poodie's avatar

Does the idea that you can change sex through drugs and surgeries count as misinformation?

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