No, I’m not talking about a law. If I did I would’ve said so.

Yeah, I just don’t know how society would go about enforcing this. I feel like there should be some kind of “This We Were Wrong About” tab or a way to look up individual journalists and see their track record. That way, if someone makes big claims, you could check whether they have a history of doing so and what their success rate has been.

It would work both ways too - if someone frequently makes bold predictions but has been right many times before, maybe their views should carry more weight.

As certain unpopular person once said: “Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world”

I might not agree with the perfect part but in general I think that it’s a good advice. Who am I to tell other people how to live their lives when I don’t even know how to live mine.

I guess I’m the opposite then - I love guns, yet I probably wouldn’t get one even if I could. I definitely wouldn’t carry one. It’s too easy to make hasty, irreversible decisions with a firearm.

Carrying a gun means that every altercation has the potential to become life-threatening. I wouldn’t want to end up in a brawl while armed and risk having my own weapon used against me if I got overpowered. That’s something cops, for example, have to constantly be aware of.

I have a feeling that the “punch the nazies” people who are the loudest online are the ones nowhere to be found when the shit actually hits the fan. The ones who actually would aren’t talking about it on social media and especially not on Lemmy.