[smackeyacky]

100% no.

The article, if you care to read it, documents how disinformation works. You start with a little, inconsequential lie, get your suckers in a row who yearn to be part of something, then escalate.

The clear path from anti vax to killing people you don't like is well underway. If it wasn't so horrifying, speed running nazi germany would be fascinating.

[norwalkbear]

I read the article it comes off exactly has the op said.

The narcissist and xenophobic desire to label everything exotic or foreign points of view as evil "nazis".

You are feeding the radicalism while thinking you are stopping it

[mikem170]

I think there may be a disconnect in this conversation around a couple of points: 1) different views around misinformation about things like natural food are not a big deal, and 2) political misinformation has become a big deal

You rightfully defended #1. The parent you replied to is rightfully concerned about #2. The article said that sometimes #1 ends up leading to #2.

I don't think that anyone is saying #1 is equivalent to #2.

[hotdogscout]

So often hacker news users just use downvotes to silence inconvenient arguments against behaviours on the left.