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Me, taking the time to translate an article from a news site I've never seen before:

"Huh, this article is surprisingly opinionated — not that I actually necessarily disagree with its analysis, not for the most part at least, it just strikes me as unusual for a news site to be this opinionated. Who are these people?"

"...So apparently this site started out as somebody's personal blog? And later became a 'proper' news site? That's neat, I guess, but I'm just getting some bad vibes here..."

"Oh, this site has a COVID-19 tag? Is this going to be like the only COVID-conscious news site in all of Norway? Let's see what these people have to say about COVID..."

[reads the newest COVID articles]

[it's all anti-mask, anti-vax conspiracy brained bullshit]

"...Welp, the article I translated has absolutely nothing to do with any of that nonsense, but I'm still just Not going to post to Hexbear an article from a site that's this reactionary about COVID. I don't want to give them publicity. I don't want these weirdos representing my beliefs about food sovereignty and militarism. I don't care how much effort I put into my translation, I'm just not going to share it."


This has been a lesson in being critical of your sources and being duly skeptical of things even if you already agree with them.

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