Saxafi MediaJan 26

Defending #SiadBarre while opposing #Somaliland’s recognition is not moral clarity—it is #FalseEquivalency. @abwaanweedhsame exposes #GenocideDenial, pulpit politics & the hypocrisy behind weaponizing #Palestine to delegitimize SL’s democratic #Sovereignty.

https://saxafimedia.com/critique-mustafe-false-equivalency-defending-siad/

When Opposition To Somaliland Crosses Into Genocide Denial

In a forceful open response, Hassan Dahir Weedhsame dismantles Sheikh Mustafe’s sermon opposing Somaliland’s recognition, exposing false equivalency, genocide denial, and political hypocrisy—from defending Siad Barre’s UN-recognized atrocities to weaponizing debunked propaganda against Somaliland’s diplomacy with Israel

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 8

"A woman is dead, and he’s already on television sanding down the moral edges, redirecting consequence away from power, and trying to make 'wait for more facts' sound like a substitute for basic decency."

#ReneeGood #Trump #KristiNoem #ICE #DHS #murder #MaskedThugs #Minneapolis #ScottJennings #CNN #media #amorality #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalency
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TechdirtOct 28

Bari Weiss And The Tyranny Of False Balance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/10/28/bari-weiss-and-the-tyranny-of-false-balance/

Bari Weiss And The Tyranny Of False Balance

Bari Weiss walked into 60 Minutes and asked the staff: “Why does the country think you’re biased?” The question stunned them into awkward silence. And it should have—not because it c…

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"There could not be a more grisly method, even when it involves no violence, to cover up ghastly crimes committed by a people than to indulge in the fallacy of false equivalence. In this fallacy, two incomparable things are compared and declared to be equal because there are always two sides to the story."

Source in image ALT text.

https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=False_equivalence&oldid=2992785

#ALTText #FalseEquivalency #FalseEquivalence

False equivalence - Wikiquote

Paul-Gabriel WienerOct 20, 2024

The APnews top headline of the day is about how both parties are preparing for post-election lawsuits.

It makes it sound like they're equivalent.

One party is suing to break the system. To disqualify votes. To cast doubt on the whole process. In order to legitimize their attempts to seize power even when they get fewer votes.

The other party is suing to make sure every vote counts and the results are respected.

They are not the same.

#USpol #USElection #FalseEquivalency

Matthias KrämerOct 19, 2024
Man kann sich ja bei der @tazgetroete ja nicht sicher sein, ob da nicht vielleicht doch subversive Satiriker am Werk waren, aber erstmal ist diese Gegenüberstellung im Sinne eines Gleichgewichts des Schreckens empörend: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/113334028893583472
#falseequivalency #falsebalance
Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Oct 18, 2024
"It’s also a bilateral marvel, applying the same standards to #BothSides & pressing them for answers on where they stand. As opposed to propagating #FalseEquivalency, however, the formula yields unmistakable distinctions: #Harris is a reasonable, conventional #politician playing for support among traditional #Democratic constituencies, & not so eager to discuss #policy changes that might endanger it; #Trump is a lying, confused and hate-filled candidate motivated not by ideas but by impulses."
Matthias KrämerOct 13, 2024
Es ist geradezu bösartig, zu suggerieren, die Demokraten würden die US-Präsidentschaftswahl auf dieselbe Weise behandeln wie die Republikaner. #bothsidesism #falseequivalency
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/house-democrats-jan-6-election-trump-raskin
Scoop: Some top Dems won't commit to certifying a Trump win

"We would have to, in any election, make sure that all the rules have been followed," said one leading Democrat.

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 12, 2024

"But when we allow the cult of Both Sides to shape our own minds, ethical judgement and factual investigation disappear, and with them any chance for constitutional order and democracy.

Ethical judgement would involve a notion of right and wrong, which the activity of the priests erodes. The worse the evil of one side, the more artfully it must be forgiven, and the more viciously the other side must be berated."

#media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalency
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Oct 12, 2024

"These are, rather, articles of faith. Once accepted, they enable the public performance we wrongly call 'media.' Both-Sideism does not mediate but mystify. Its practitioners, called 'anchors' or 'publishers,' are shamans or priests. Mystifiers. …

All shamans do this: they insist that their dogma must be our reality."

#media #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalency
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