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[–] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 74 points 2 months ago (36 children)

I literally had to cite the page number from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Public Law 117-328 that covered how the $800M that Trump keeps telling everyone FEMA spent on migrants was a completely different fund than the disaster relief fund that FEMA uses for hurricanes. Which the DRF was established originally as it's own fund in the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988 Public Law 100-707

It's page 4,730 where that item is located for anyone wondering.

I fucking hate what online interactions have become. I think I've easily read over 200,000 pages of government legislation, federal regulation, and legal proceedings since June because of the lies one orange shit stain keeps telling. I really do hope that the Republicans can move past that fucker, it was a lot easier to talk politics.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 70 points 2 months ago (17 children)

MrFilmKritic on Twitter has the answer for you.

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence

[–] Maeve@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unless it's common knowledge or easily sourced.

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maeve@midwest.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

🫡 Really

Common knowledge You don’t have to back up absolutely everything you say with evidence (or you’d soon run out of wordcount to advance your own point properly!). Some things are common knowledge. That could mean that a fact is just generally known by everyone, and not disputed or in doubt. This could include:

•facts such as London is the capital of the United Kingdom •well documented dates such as the start of the First World War in 1914 •H20 being the chemical formula for water •things which everyone knows from their lived experience, such as the sky is blue.

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[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

those examples I could accept but I think a lot of people use imparted wisdom as "common knowledge" and we should drill down on any claim that is disputed.

[–] daltotron@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is false actually. Any claim can be dismissed and evidence doesn't matter because nobody cares. The best way to convince people of things is with cheap psychological parlor tricks

[–] AnarchistsForKamala@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

black pilled as fuck

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