Originally Posted by DaFace:
I would suggest that this mentality is part of the reason "fake news" is such a problem these days, though. For some reason people aren't able to say "that's fake - let's move on." They say, "that's fake, but now let's have a discussion about it because it COULD be real." Then the next time something related is posted, people are less likely to view it as fake because they've now anchored on it being a reasonable topic of discussion. (See most online political discussions for the past 20 years.)
displacedinMN posts all the stupid shit that Minneapolis does. It's not out of their realm to do something this retarded. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
displacedinMN posts all the stupid shit that Minneapolis does. It's not out of their realm to do something this reeruned.
I agree with that.
I am surprised someone downvoted it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
displacedinMN posts all the stupid shit that Minneapolis does. It's not out of their realm to do something this retarded.
Maybe. But they didn't, and now thousands of dumbasses on Twitter have told all their dumb friends about it. It's a vicious cycle of people not actually being in touch with reality. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Sure. But all it takes is:
-Highlight the text
-Right click
-Search google for (the text you highlighted)
That took me literally 5 seconds on this post. If it's actual news, you'll find it in a lot of places. If the only place it appears is the tweet you saw, it's almost certainly fake an important whistle blower trying to break through through the monolithic neocon corporate global agenda.
🚨🚨BREAKING: The Minneapolis Board of Ethics and Diversity has voted unanimously to suspend all tax cuts for US Bank Stadium until the Minnesota #Vikings change their name. 🤯🤯🤯
The Board released this statement following the vote: “The Norwegian Vikings committed horrible… pic.twitter.com/nTn9P67OVv
Originally Posted by DaFace:
Maybe. But they didn't, and now thousands of dumbasses on Twitter have told all their dumb friends about it. It's a vicious cycle of people not actually being in touch with reality.
This is why it's so disappointing that the Disinformation Governance Board got shut down due to misinformation. I'm not sure what the DGB was going to do to govern the disinformation, but if that would have went through maybe that guy would have gotten fined a few million dollars or put in prison or something! [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
There should be classes on how to spot fake stuff online. It's not that hard.
But what if I want to believe it because it reinforces my preconceptions about the world and tickles my rage g-spot? Who are you to deny me that freedom? I'm sorry, I thought this was America. [Reply]
