What Is Misinformation?

Surely, you've seen the commercials on TV.  Surely, you've seen El Presidente plead with the social media companies about it.  Surely, you've heard the word that is currently the most annoying in the English language.  Misinformation.  But what exactly is it?  Let's dive in.

Basically, misinformation is stuff that El Presidente and/or mainstream media don't like.  It doesn't have to be bad or wrong information.  In fact, a lot of it is 100% correct, as it is often spoken by detractors at a later date.  But if they don't like or haven't approved the source, it's considered to be misinformation.

For example, let's say someone says, "The sky is blue."  We all can see that's true simply by going outside and looking at in the sky.  But if Joe Biden, Don Lemon, or any of those other schmucks says it's not true, then it's misinformation.  Then, three weeks later, El Presidente says, "The sky is blue," and suddenly it's not misinformation anymore.  Sounds retarded, right?  That's because it is.

Let's take it to another level.  Let's say you took the vaccine, suffered a debilitating side effect, and decide to tell the story of your pain.  According to El Presidente and others, your story is misinformation.  It doesn't matter if it's true and thousands of others have a similar story.  El Presidente doesn't like it, so you're written off as a spreader of misinformation.  You're told you don't matter.  You're told to shut up.  You're called an anti-vaxxer.  They say you pain is fake.  Bullshit!  Your story is NOT misinformation and your pain is NOT fake!  It's your new normal and a warning to others about what could happen if you just go along with the program and don't question anything.  If THAT'S considered misinformation, then we are all in more trouble than we realize.

Of course, there is some stuff that genuinely is bullshit.  This is actual misinformation regardless of what it is or who the source is.  This is the stuff that needs to be called out.  But with the way El Presidente and others are using it, the word "misinformation" essentially means nothing anymore.  This is because the word repeatedly isn't being used correctly.  It's an assault on English and we need to put a stop to it, even if El Presidente is the one trying to change the meaning.

Naturally, this misusing of words and promotion of bullshit from the president himself is going to sow seeds of mistrust between "the experts" and the people.  They call you a conspiracy theorist if you "do you own research" instead of just accepting the garbage they are shoveling.  There's a concerted effort to make you stupid by hiding facts and calling it misinformation while feeding you the real misinformation and calling it fact...until it's disproven a few weeks later.  Why would you follow the lead of people who are obviously walking you toward a cliff so they can push you off, then laugh if you have the nerve to die?

It's time for us to end the corruption of our language and legitimately do our own research, even if the powers that be don't like it.  That's the only way to combat misinformation on both sides of the isle.  We won't beat it by saying one side simply shouldn't be heard or believing one side without question.  As they say, the truth always lies somewhere in the middle, not on the fringes.  Force the truth to the surface and the lies will fall away.

Until next time...