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by thomnottom 3221 days ago
It's funny, I never bothered much analyzing these photos but now that I have it's obvious how much the Gigapixel backs up the WaPo photos.

And yet the parent seems to believe that pointing out optical perspective differences means we're calling those pictures "right-leaning".

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They're using an increasingly popular derailment technique called the common ground fallacy.

The parent is asserting that the truth is merely a compromise between two different opinions, when in reality there's evidence enough to assert the truth, without making it a matter of 'right' or 'left' opinion. Their inability to provide their credible sources ("high def video") is because their opinion doesn't align with the reality of the situation.